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Love it when these chancers are caught out

  • 14-07-2016 02:24PM
    #1
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,700 ✭✭✭✭


    Mother who put her children in Tesco trolley which toppled loses €60,000 damages claim

    A MOTHER WHO overloaded her shopping trolley with her children and injured herself in a fall has lost a €60,000 damages claim against her local Tesco.


    Forensic engineer Stephen Mooney told Judge James O’Donohoe in the Circuit Civil court yesterday that by putting her children, aged three and six, on the trolley Patricia Martin had destabilised it and caused it to topple.

    Martin claimed she had injured both her knees and her left thigh when the trolley knocked her down while she tried to protect her two children from hitting the trolley ramp.

    She told the court that she had carried out a shopping at Tesco, Churchview Road, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, in July 2014 and was leaving the store with her goods, and her three-year-old son and six-year-old daughter seated on the trolley, when the accident happened




    https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/national/mother-who-put-her-children-in-tesco-trolley-which-toppled-loses-%e2%82%ac60000-damages-claim/ar-BBujRNZ?li=BBrdZor&ocid=spartanntp


    Thought she could claim 60K for overloading her trolley after it toppled over. Landed with a hefty legal bill instead.


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Comments

  • #2
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    The trolley hit the ramp sideways too....

    I doubt these legal bills will ever be paid though....


  • #3
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    I get the feeling that the tax payer will be picking up her legal bill.


  • #4
    Deedeemazzy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Deedeemazzy


    "A MOTHER WHO overloaded her shopping trolley with her children"

    How many children can fit INTO a shopping trolley anyway.


  • #5
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,687 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Deedeemazzy wrote: »
    How many children can fit INTO a shopping trolley anyway.

    I've managed to get 3 (my kids and a niece) in one , plus a bit of shopping, before.

    Under the proviso, however, that if they break their necks when we're having fun, I won't try to hold Tesco responsible.


  • #6
    Deedeemazzy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Deedeemazzy


    andekwarhola wrote: »
    I've managed to get 3 (my kids and a niece) in one , plus a bit of shopping, before.

    Under the proviso, however, that if they break their necks when we're having fun, I won't try to hold Tesco responsible.
    From looking at the trolleys, it looks to me like only one little person should be put in with their little legs out.... but hey what would I know!


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  • #7
    Elliott S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Elliott S


    Dimwit just didn't stop to think that the trolley's designers would have calculated maximum loads. And probably thought that because children were involved, it was a surefire win.


  • #8
    Static Control
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭Static Control


    She looks like the upstanding type alright..


  • #9
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    Deedeemazzy wrote: »
    From looking at the trolleys, it looks to me like only one little person should be put in with their little legs out.... but hey what would I know!


    "...He said the trolley provided seating for two toddlers of a combined weight of no more than 19 kilos but, between them, Martin’s two children weighed 36 kilos, just under twice the recommended weight maximum..."


  • #10
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    they needed a Forensic engineer to be paid to come to court to tell them that fact:D


  • #11
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    What the fook was a 6 year old doing in a trolley anyway?

    Delighted she lost the case and had to pay her own costs.


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  • #12
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Static Control wrote: »
    She looks like the upstanding type alright..

    Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?


  • #13
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,071 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?

    I was wondering the same :confused:


  • #14
    AudreyHepburn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭AudreyHepburn


    And this folks is the reason why Insurance premiums are through the roof.

    Delighted she lost. Why can't accidents just be accidents anymore? Does personal responsibility mean nothing?


  • #15
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    AudreyHepburn wrote: »
    Why can't accidents just be accidents anymore? Does personal responsibility mean nothing?
    Are you insane!! It's always someone else's fault. :eek: ;):D

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #16
    nkav86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭nkav86


    Was delighted when I saw that story, way too many people mistaking lack of personal common sense and judgement for a company's negligence


  • #17
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    Look, this clearly is not her fault.

    She cannot be held responsible for the laws of physics and the existence of gravity.
    Suing God is the next step.

    SOMEONE IS GOING TO PAY!


  • #18
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Static Control wrote: »
    She looks like the upstanding type alright..

    Or, in this case, the falldowning type.

    Right guys? :D


  • #19
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,071 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Are you insane!! It's always someone else's fault. :eek: ;):D

    Wibbs.... its all your fault that my lunch didnt fill me up today.......... :(


  • #20
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,397 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?

    This article has a picture. I wonder was it taken before, or after she lost?

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mother-who-put-children-in-shopping-trolley-loses-damages-claim-744733.html


  • #21
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    I remember a thread in Legal Discussion a couple of years ago where the op asked if he/she was entitled to compensation for a burn suffered when passing a hand over the spout of a kettle which had just boiled.


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  • #22
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭valoren


    If you fall on the ground, stay down, until the ambulance comes.

    The credo of the compo claimers.


  • #23
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Ballybrack tesco, unsurprised


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,242 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    davo10 wrote: »
    I remember a thread in Legal Discussion a couple of years ago where the op asked if he/she was entitled to compensation for a burn suffered when passing a hand over the spout of a kettle which had just boiled.
    Mother of God

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086


  • #25
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,309 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    I would hate to run a bricks and mortar type business these days.
    The 'compo-culture' is mental. We've all heard of the classic drop an egg then do a lap around the Isle only to slip on the egg 'you didn't see' - it's madness.

    Kind of feels like everything is slowly becoming a sue culture... You could sack a lazy git of an employee only for them to scream 'unfair dismissal!' rather than realise why they really got the axe :pac:

    Sue sue sue :pac:


  • #26
    Lady is a tramp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭Lady is a tramp


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Mother of God

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

    Oh wow that is quality! :D
    Yes I understand that. But my question is: I go into the kitchen, see the kettle, touch it and get my hand burnt to bits. Can I complain to them. Yes or No? It's a friendly looking appliance that is designed to sit out in the kitchen.
    I understand if you say, no I have no case. But don't mock me, I am not dumb.

    Brilliant!!!


  • #27
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    These kind of people are almost as s(ummy as the legal parasites that encourage them.


  • #28
    boombang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭boombang


    smash wrote: »
    I get the feeling that the tax payer will be picking up her legal bill.

    I think a great way of sorting this stupid shíte out is to oblige her legal firm to pay Tesco's costs. I think that would put a real chill on fraudulent claims. However, I know it's never going to come to pass as the legal system is going to protect the gravy train.


  • #29
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    boombang wrote: »
    the legal system is going to protect the gravy train.

    And this is the main problem. Compo culture is a huge money racket for the legal eagles, they encourage it to the hilt. There are plenty that take on cases knowing damn well that they are contrived and fraudulent.


  • #30
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    smash wrote: »
    I get the feeling that the tax payer will be picking up her legal bill.

    It's quite rare to be granted Free Legal Aid in civil actions.

    The likelihood here is that her solicitor will get done.


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  • #31
    ando
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,462 ✭✭✭ando


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Mother of God

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

    Funniest thread I've read in years!! Reminds me of when I heard about a girl putting her hand into a hot deep fat fryer to see if it was hot enough for her chips... :eek:


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