crusha101 wrote: » This is the most infuriating thing I have ever read. Will she be taxed on these earnings ??
Odyssey 2005 wrote: » You kidding. Her brain injury didn't stop her ridin. Probably single parent allowance, HAP,child allowance,medical card...the list goes on.:(
beertons wrote: » Does it affect her during her working day?
duffman13 wrote: » "The judge commended her for her honesty" FFS
Counsel said Rebecca did not want to blame the driver .
L1011 wrote: » Can Trandev appeal this clearly inappropriate payout?
JPCN1 wrote: » Do we need to start electing judges here? The whole legal system here appears to be a racket with the taxpayer picking up the bill.
Ciaran_B wrote: » Article says it's a settlement so I'd guess Veoila knew the amount before settling?
Approving the settlement Mr Justice Cross said it was not necessary for the court to tell Rebecca Kelly she did a silly thing as she knew that. However, he commended her for her honesty.
XPS_Zero wrote: » Didn't you all just know what she'd look like, right down to the look on her face, before you opened the link? Didn't you know the type she'd be? I have a nuclear hatred for people of her class because they create a stereotype that I suffered under while I was on Social Welfare & a Disability Allowance for an actual illness. 4/5 people on Disability allowance got their illness or injury during their working lives but because of creatures like this ^ those of us who were/are dying of boredom during the day, and think hanging around during daytime hours with nothing to do is weird and uncomfortable, are stereotyped as all being like her ^ ...and no, I do not mean working class, which would imply employment, tax paying and paying your own way.They are much smaller than Niall Boylan would have you believe, but there is an entire subclass out there who don't serve society like the rest of us. Most of us will kick into the pot and take out of the pot at some time in our lives. This sort just take take take take take. They won't even pay VAT half the time cos they'll be pocketing the goods in the local store or stuffing it into the buggy. As they grow up, they see their own parents get their money through a hatch in the post office, ie they don't get their money in exchange for doing something else...they JUST GET IT. They are dragged up, not brought up, so concepts like safe sex are not taught to them, and half of them would not be in school to learn them anyway, so they get "preggars" as fast as possible often between 14-17 by some rake skinny scrote with a name like "Jayo" or "Tommo" whos runners and tracksuit are blazing white (freshly stolen you see) but who's face has never seen a sponge or a cleanser since the day he was born, bbcap is pointing north and hair has more grease than a deep far fryer. Then off to the welfare office they go to collect a litany of benefits from the social insurance fund, a fund neither they nor their parents have ever paid into. Now THEY are getting money with nothing in return. Then (according to my doc and a person at my DSP office) when the jobseekers time limits were brought in (after which they force you into part time work usually for the council) they try to get on other payments like disability or carers, twisting and lying to try to qualify. Illnesses crop up with remarkable timing that they had never shown signs off before, the doctor thinks its odd that their patient is describing symptoms of 2 different types of depression that are mutually contradictory, when it's explained to them they don't qualify they make threats, and suddenly think they qualify for some other scheme and the previous illness is miraculously healed! Since they never paid into the social insurance fund where does the money for this come from? Their lives are paid for by people getting up at 6am and coming home from work at 7pm, who have to watch as their PRSI and USC go to fund a subclass of people who are not just scamming people, but attacking them to... ...not content with robbing those of us who actually worked and contributed, they wanna attack us too, rob us, steal our cars, throw bricks through our windows "for a laugh" and instead of forcing them to pay for the damage via deductions from said dole, some other way make ammends to their victims or being thrown in a cage or sending the younger ones to a boot camp, they rack up "thirty prior convictions" and end up with suspended sentences. They are the only segment of society who contribute absolutely NOTHING but consume costs and do damage and they are constantly getting rewarded for it with our f---g money! If bad behavior is rewarded and being a leech on society is considered ok, why would they be any different? Were giving them all the wrong incentives. We don't have to go overboard and throw the baby out with the bathwater like the UK did with their welfare reforms (or the US) by privatizing them to unqualified multinationals and throwing suicidal people off disability. There are a few simple ways, starting with that 2 year limit, if you've never had a job you should be assigned one at the beginning. We also need to stop paying people to have bloody kids , I'd consider paying nothing if the person with the kid has never had a job. "But then I can't take care of my kid", don't worry, the foster parents will take care of that, and bonus! he won't turn into a skanger like you! He'll actually have a chance in life! Win win! What should have been said here was "you did something stupid, it's your own fault, bye!" I would also propose a few simple rules to deter people like this, a few good places to start:-Any criminal convictions in the last 10 years make you ineligible for a FT pass regardless of your medical situation-Nobody can get compensation for any action which breaks the rules of a transport company or is transparently foolish on it's face.-No compensation may be paid to anyone who has not been in paid employment for more than six months.-The full cost of damage to public transport is deducted from wages or welfare at 50% of their pay until the cost is fully repaid.-Transport Police. Transport Police. Transport Police.-Anyone convicted of an offense on public transport is banned from it for a year.
LuckyLloyd wrote: » Is that a reasonable expectation at every stop every time?
LuckyLloyd wrote: » It might only have been 2% Transdev’s fault but how much is your brain worth?
Phen2206 wrote: » No it is not. Jumping onto a moving vehicle of any kind is idiotic and I cannot see how anyone can regard the company or the driver in any way liable for her injury in the face of such carelessness. If she was knocked down by a tram crossing the road then yes, but as for what she did? Please. Would you inspect the exterior of your car before you move at every green light in case someone is hanging on to it? I think not. We need some cop on in the courts these days. (Not ranting at you LuckyLloyd - just in general) I would have to argue it is 0% Transdev's fault and 100% her own. What a sad day when outright stupidity is being rewarded.
LuckyLloyd wrote: » Anyone thinking claimants in cases like this come from a specific socio economic background are massively mistaken.
LuckyLloyd wrote: » If the Tram doesn't pull out from the platform this doesn't happen. If the driver switched camera he would have seen someone hanging from the tram, he wouldn't have pulled out from the platform and it wouldn't have happened.
