Zoey Old Watch wrote: » I really need to get in on this but not in a way that causes permanent damage to myself. The best thing is that I won't have to take responsibility for my own actions! God bless Ireland. Based on memory there has been: Award for slipping on a chip. Award for slipping on a council house patio. Award for reaching down into a chest freezer. Award because someones child hit your child. Award for looking suspicious.
Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: » He does not deserve fingers.
seamus wrote: » If there had been damage to the fence, a sharp edge that sliced him open or any indication that people were supposed to climb the fence to gain access, then he might have a case. Degloving is a well-documented risk of climbing things while wearing rings. He took this risk, the operator didn't fail in any duty of care. Of course, amputation being a serious injury and Transdev being a big company with insurance, I can see the judge awarding partial liability because the "entrance wasn't sufficiently signposted" or similar nonsense.
frash wrote: » https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/man-who-lost-finger-climbing-fence-at-luas-stop-seeks-damages-1.3705986A man who lost a finger when he tried to climb a fence after seeing a tram at the Dundrum Luas station platform has sued for damages in the High Court. He said he walked on and he saw a “goat path” and climbed over one fence and thought there would be a gate at the top of the embankment. As he went over the second fence which was about four foot high, he said: “I felt a tug, I lost all the meat off my finger.’ “None of this would have happened if I had seen the main entrance,” he said. He can't win! Can he? He probably will.
seamus wrote: » If you read between the lines, what happened is that he thought the entrance to the stop would be under the bridge at Dundrum (which is not an unreasonable guess, tbf). He got there, realised it wasn't, but a Luas pulled into the station, so he ran up and tried to jump the fence to catch the tram. His assertion is that, "If the signage for the stop was clearer, this wouldn't have happened", rather than, "If I had just waited for the next tram, this wouldn't have happened". I expect some ambulance-chaser managed to get into his head about how this wasn't cause by his own stupidity. I'll agree with him that if you've never gotten the green line at Dundrum, it's very unclear how to get to the station. But it's very clear that you don't get in by jumping the fence.
suicide_circus wrote: » it's like the auld one who got 40k because she fell down an escalator in Dublin airport because there wasn't sufficient signage to tell her where the lifts were. This despite not attempting to ask any nearby staff and being seen on cctv walking onto the escalator without hesitation and not holding the hand rail. The judgement was later overturned so sense prevailed.
Zoey Old Watch wrote: » You should get into compensation law (I'll be your first client) as you have a real knack for always finding a way to justify actions by putting the blame on other parties.
seamus wrote: » How did you get that from my post?
Wheety wrote: » I'd like more companies to appeal. Some of the payouts are ridiculous.
BattleCorp wrote: » Sometimes when you win in court, you actually lose. Example. Scumbag X claims he is injured as a result of your actions/inactions and launches legal proceedings. You have to defend these proceedings. That costs money. There will be expensive medicals, engineering reports etc. And then there's the legal fees. It's possible that it could cost you €100k to fully defend a case. Now supposing you win and get your costs awarded. What good is that if Scumbag X has no money. He can't pay your costs and even though the court says that you are not to blame, you are down €100k. And that's not taking into account the risk that Scumbag X might win. And if he wins, you have to pay compensation plus his costs €100k and your own costs of €100k. That's a mighty big gamble to take. Obviously I'm guessing legal costs here but I'm not too far off the mark for some of the bigger cases.
