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Woman sues Dunnes Stores over glass jug which shattered after she poured hot water in

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    #122
    LuasSimon
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    Do judges get a % of the claim amount as well as the solicitor and the claimant ?.. seems the only logic to some of Irish courts payouts !

    Everyone should have a couple of claims on the go in this country , even if you only dreamt you had an accident there are solicitors out there could get you a payout from some of these judges .


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    #123
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,761 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Bloody hell, that is shocking.

    Some people say Communism instilled a complete distrust of Authority in eastern europeans and therefore corruption is endemic. Her disrepect of of Irish legal system in this case is perhaps influenced by this. She is basically chancing her arm and getting the Irish tax payer to foot the bill for her own stupidity.

    "Some say"... who says? You?

    It's nothing our own Paddies and Patricias haven't tried before.


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    #124
    angel eyes 2012
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Do judges get a % of the claim amount as well as the solicitor and the claimant ?.. seems the only logic to some of Irish courts payouts !

    Everyone should have a couple of claims on the go in this country , even if you only dreamt you had an accident there are solicitors out there could get you a payout from some of these judges .

    Judges get a set salary and no commission on awards determined in Court. However, all of the judiciary were Barristers or Solicitors prior to being appointed to the Bench, so it would be natural instinct to keep the awards going in order to keep personal injury litigation lucrative for the practitioners - their former colleagues.


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    #125
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭mikeym


    :eek:


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    #126
    joeysoap
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    Wasn’t Maria Bailey fierce unlucky?


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    #127
    BuboBubo
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    Motivator wrote: »
    She actually sounds quite stupid.

    She's a slow-vakian.


    :D


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    #128
    Fiery mutant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Fiery mutant


    My wife is Slovak, and makes tea every day in one of these glass jugs.

    But she was clever enough to check it could handle the temperature before she bought it. When are judges going to start to ask themselves whether there is any personal responsibility in any of these actions.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



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    #129
    Jurgen The German
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    Fiery mutant wrote: »
    My wife is Slovak, and makes tea every day in one of these glass jugs.

    But she was clever enough to check it could handle the temperature before she bought it. When are judges going to start to ask themselves whether there is any personal responsibility in any of these actions.

    The judge did mention contributory negligence and reduced the award by 25%. Its still a preposterous but completely unsurprising award. Accountability is rarely a consideration. I'd expect Dunnes to appeal it.


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    #130
    GreeBo
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    Motivator wrote: »
    She actually sounds quite stupid.

    To be fair, ignorance is not the same thing as stupidity.


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    #131
    Cordell
    Registered Users Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭Cordell


    The cultural certainties, he said of an Ireland of “sturdy youths and maidens dancing at the crossroads” is no longer applicable to this country.
    So what now, it's an Ireland filled with thick frail foreigners that need protecting from their own ignorance?
    The judge said he accepted that in Slovakia, which is Ms Cekanova’s home country and in parts of Eastern Europe it is the custom to make tea in a glass jug.
    No, it's not. They (or we as I'm from those parts myself) use metal kettles, boiled over gas hobs.

    I'm a bit offended now, should I be calling my solicitor? The Judge comments were condescending to say the least, even borderline racist.


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    #132
    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,847 ✭✭✭gifted


    https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/court-overturns-e65000-award-over-e10-dunnes-jug-that-shattered-1067747.html


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    #133
    Fann Linn
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    gifted wrote: »
    https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/court-overturns-e65000-award-over-e10-dunnes-jug-that-shattered-1067747.html


    Common sense prevails.


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    #134
    JJayoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    All this **** is because judges delighted to throw out money


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    #135
    punisher5112
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    Brilliant that it was stopped.

    I'd love to see her paying costs, she won't though.


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    #136
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users Posts: 2,564 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    Is there any consequence for Justice Cross for coming to such an obviously ridiculous decision in the original case?

    Wishful thinking I know but it's stupidity from judges like this that are putting huge numbers of businesses out of business because they don't have the deep pockets to challenge them like Dunnes Stores do or pay the massive insurance premiums.


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    #137
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Delighted to see this overturned. Common sense for once.


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    #138
    Shakey_jake
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    She might have enough left for a kettle now


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    #139
    Potential-Monke
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    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Is there any consequence for Justice Cross for coming to such an obviously ridiculous decision in the original case?

    I was thinking the same, especially for his comment that Dunnes should have known foreigners shop in there and Dunnes should know the customs of every single country in the world (he specifically said Slovakia, but the message would apply to all countries if that is his line of thinking).

    At present, I don't think there's any judicial overview committee. I think it's up to the BAR and LAW councils to do anything about a judge, or indeed the person who was affected by the decision, in this case, Dunnes could possibly lodge a complaint.


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    #140
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Sooner a few of them with dodgy claims have to pay the costs which in some cases will mean them losing their car or at the higher end their house the better. Hopefully Dunnes costs bankrupt her.


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    #141
    [Deleted User]
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    I'd love to see the total bill for all the legal professionals involved. The compensation paid in these nonsense cases is pretty much an irrelevance, as long as everyone gets paid the cases will keep on coming.


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    #142
    Be right back
    Registered Users Posts: 6,051 ✭✭✭Be right back


    Shakey_jake wrote: »
    She might have enough left for a kettle now

    Or a teapot! Delighted that it was overturned.


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    #143
    SouthWesterly
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    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Is there any consequence for Justice Cross for coming to such an obviously ridiculous decision in the original case?

    Wishful thinking I know but it's stupidity from judges like this that are putting huge numbers of businesses out of business because they don't have the deep pockets to challenge them like Dunnes Stores do or pay the massive insurance premiums.

    He'll probably be promoted


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    #144
    LillySV
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    hope she has afew hundred thousand to pay in legal expenses


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    #145
    suicide_circus
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    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Is there any consequence for Justice Cross for coming to such an obviously ridiculous decision in the original case?

    Wishful thinking I know but it's stupidity from judges like this that are putting huge numbers of businesses out of business because they don't have the deep pockets to challenge them like Dunnes Stores do or pay the massive insurance premiums.

    I wish it were just stupidity of judges that resulted in awards like this. The more cynical side of me wonders whether it's about keeping the legal gravy train going. Fair play to Dunnes for challenging this and the appeals court for pointing out in plain language just how absurd it was.


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    #146
    suicide_circus
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    LillySV wrote: »
    hope she has afew hundred thousand to pay in legal expenses
    Where upon her ambulance chasing legal team will vanish


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    #147
    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,937 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    She probably had the money spent in her head. delighted for her. she wouldnt get it in Slovakia.


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    #148
    thebronze14
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    She probably had the money spent in her head. delighted for her. she wouldnt get it in Slovakia.

    Get shatter-proof jugs there though


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    #149
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'd love to see the total bill for all the legal professionals involved. The compensation paid in these nonsense cases is pretty much an irrelevance, as long as everyone gets paid the cases will keep on coming.

    There should criminal proceedings too for people who take reckless compo cases in the hope they might get a few quid.


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    #150
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Should be a warning on the oven or microwave to not insert any body parts including head
    .....

    Similar to coffee cups, content may be hot for example....

    What's the best warning or funniest others have seen....


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    #151
    kildare lad
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    A woman I know sued the local rugby club after her kid fell off a bouncy castle , he sprained/broke his wrist . She sued and got 20,000 and still goes up to the club like nothing happened, no one can stand her . It's about time a judge seen sense threw out a claim .


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