Black bus driver gives evidence in defamation case

sesna · 12-10-2010 09:59PM #1

The judge saw some sense and dismissed her defamation claim for €38,000 :eek:, and awarded costs against her :pac:

This type of action along with the description of other passengers hurling racist abuse at the driver are pretty poor reflections on society.

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/courts/i-get-racist-abuse-on-every-trip-bus-driver-tells-court-2375255.html

Oranage2 · 12-10-2010 10:00PM

Your title is racist.

The correct term is "African American"

marzic · 12-10-2010 10:02PM

the bus was black.

sesna · 12-10-2010 10:03PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Your title is racist.

The correct term is "African American"

Maybe he's just African - since when is black a pejorative term?

Add politically correct nonsense to my list of things wrong with society.

FreudianSlippers · 12-10-2010 10:03PM

I walked in on this case yesterday. SO stupid.

starbelgrade · 12-10-2010 10:06PM

Black bus driver sued

Eh, no he wasn't. He was a witness in a case where Dublin Bus were being sued.

This type of misleading thread title is a pretty poor reflection on you.

The Waltzing Consumer · 12-10-2010 10:06PM

The woman took a case against Dublin Bus not the driver.

How is the race of the driver of any importance?

orourkeda · 12-10-2010 10:08PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Your title is racist.

The correct term is "African American"

what if the person in question is neither african nor american

sesna · 12-10-2010 10:08PM

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

The woman took a case against Dublin Bus not the driver.

How is the race of the driver of any importance?

His race is of relevance as this was the drivers defence for wrongly asking the woman - he was upset and having an off-day after suffering racist abuse earlier.

FreudianSlippers · 12-10-2010 10:09PM

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

The woman took a case against Dublin Bus not the driver.

How is the race of the driver of any importance?

The black driver is racist and thinks all white women look the same.

stovelid · 12-10-2010 10:09PM

Was the accused woman gibbon a chance to defend her choice of word?

orourkeda · 12-10-2010 10:11PM

Is the case happening cos I is black

12-10-2010 10:11PM

What kind of jumper was he wearing?

Oranage2 · 12-10-2010 10:12PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Your title is racist.

The correct term is "African American"

That was a joke.........................

..................Is this thing on ?!?

starbelgrade · 12-10-2010 10:12PM

stovelid wrote: »

Was the accused woman gibbon a chance to defend her choice of word?

She gave him the two fingered monkey salute;

http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/mammals/monkeys/baby-pygmy-marmosets.jpg

chin_grin · 12-10-2010 10:12PM

The Herdlllld wrote:

A BLACK Dublin bus driver told a judge yesterday that racist remarks from passengers were a "normal and daily experience" on the buses.

Olayinka Egbesakin told Dublin Bus solicitor Gerard O'Herlihy that one woman passenger had described him as "a monkey" after he had asked her if she had over-ridden her stop. He told the Circuit Civil Court he felt bad on the day it had happened and later, mistakenly, had asked another passenger, Maria Davis, if she had been on his bus earlier when the incident occurred.

He told Judge Jacqueline Linnane he immediately realised his mistake when Ms Davis, of Kilkiernan Road, Cabra West, Dublin, told him she had not been on the bus. "I was mistaken and I immediately apologised but it is part of my job to keep a check on fares," he said.

He told the court the woman who had called him a monkey earlier that day had been wearing a dress similar in colour to the outfit Ms Davis was wearing.

Mr Egbesakin told Mr O'Herlihy he had not accused Ms Davis or her friend, Caroline Laney, of anything.

Ms Davis had sued Dublin Bus in a €38,000 claim for defamation of character. She said she felt people on the bus believed she was a fare evader.

Judge Linnane dismissed Ms Davis's claim with costs against her.

hnews@herald.ie

- Ray Managh

PS: I didn't capitalise the word 'black'. That was from the site.

Jumpy · 12-10-2010 10:14PM

stovelid wrote: »

Was the accused woman gibbon a chance to defend her choice of word?

Too soon maaaan.

squod · 12-10-2010 10:15PM

Olayinka Egbesakin's anagram name is OKAY SNEAKING I ABLE

Makes you think don't it.........

Overheal · 12-10-2010 10:15PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Your title is racist.

The correct term is "African American"

In Dublin?

Jumpy · 12-10-2010 10:17PM

Overheal wrote: »

In Dublin?

Thats what you get for trusting Google Maps.

Johro · 12-10-2010 10:19PM

squod wrote: »

Makes you think don't it.........

Not really.

ejmaztec · 12-10-2010 10:19PM

Overheal wrote: »

In Dublin?

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&expIds=25657,25907,26207,26614&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=dublin+california&cp=9&rls=com.microsoft:en-ie:IE-SearchBox&wrapid=tljp128691831070214&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Dublin,+CA&ei=sNC0TLVIxdviBuyS0aAN&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBwQ8gEwAA

Johro · 12-10-2010 10:21PM

What's the deal with this amount? the 38000 euro? Not so long ago a Garda who fell on his gun (:D) sued for the same amount. F#ckin chancers.

starbelgrade · 12-10-2010 10:26PM

Johro wrote: »

What's the deal with this amount? the 38000 euro? Not so long ago a Garda who fell on his gun (:D) sued for the same amount. F#ckin chancers.

€38k = the average price of a new 5 bedroom house in Ireland in 2010.

Johro · 12-10-2010 10:29PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

€38k = the average price of a new 5 bedroom house in Ireland in 2010.

Ahh... I see..:D

FreudianSlippers · 12-10-2010 10:29PM

€38,092.14 is the top of the Circuit Court jurisdiction. Anything higher has to go to the High Court and costs are substantially higher (especially when you lose).

Johro · 12-10-2010 10:32PM

OisinT wrote: »

€38,092.14 is the top of the Circuit Court jurisdiction. Anything higher has to go to the High Court and costs are substantially higher (especially when you lose).

Yeah, thought so. So if you're a chancer you'd obviously go for the top amount without too much risk. She should be fined for wasting the court's time, after which she'd have to leave the court wearing a dunce's cap with 'cheap white trash' painted on it.

sesna · 12-10-2010 10:33PM

OisinT wrote: »

€38,092.14 is the top of the Circuit Court jurisdiction. Anything higher has to go to the High Court and costs are substantially higher (especially when you lose).

I heard before that a case in the High Court can cost €8,000 a day.

Beverly Cooper Flynn was caught out badly in her case against RTE in the High Court, and subsequently the Supreme Court. €1.24 million was her final bill.

wil · 12-10-2010 10:37PM

Johro wrote: »

What's the deal with this amount? the 38000 euro? Not so long ago a Garda who fell on his gun (:D) sued for the same amount. F#ckin chancers.

4 bed 2 bath, sleeps 17
Get away from it all

FreudianSlippers · 12-10-2010 10:38PM

sesna wrote: »

I heard before that a case in the High Court can cost €8,000 a day.

Beverly Cooper Flynn was caught out badly in her case against RTE in the High Court, and subsequently the Supreme Court. €1.24 million was her final bill.

It can cost a lot more than that. Some bigger cases will have 2 solicitors (biggest chunk of the costs), 1 Senior Counsel Barristers (another big chunk) and 2 Junior Counsel Barristers (smallest amount but not cheap).

That'd be a big one, but many High Court cases cost at least €5,000 a day.

TheBigLebowski · 12-10-2010 10:41PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

That was a joke.........................

..................Is this thing on ?!?

I'm amazed at the amount of people who actually thought you were serious.....

Black bus driver gives evidence in defamation case

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