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Woman loses claim case after fall in Coppers...ends up paying all costs!

  • 28-06-2013 07:40PM
    #1
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,775 ✭✭✭✭


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    Expensive outcome for the claimant. Right decision though I think.


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  • #2
    ChunkyLover_53
    Closed Accounts Posts: 901 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover_53


    Nobody puts Baby in the corner!


  • #3
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,808 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Hopefully acts as a deterrent to the compo-culture crowd.


  • #4
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Stupid on so many levels.


  • #5
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    'Ciara O'Connell, 33, a sales representative, was dancing backwards to a Shakira song with a male work colleague'

    Sounds like my kinda place.


  • #6
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    She thought she would have the time of her life


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  • #7
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    'Ciara O'Connell, 33, a sales representative, was dancing backwards to a Shakira song with a male work colleague'

    Sounds like my kinda place.

    You cant even walk backwards let alone dance backwards...so...


  • #8
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,037 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Great result and a sensible judge for a change. There was a time when cases like that meant an automatic payout. Will see ever pay the costs though? I seriously doubt it.


  • #9
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    Why is THIS case being reported in the news, and not the hundreds / thousands of other litigation cases? It's not for huge money, it's not about "celebrities" suing or being sued.

    Could it be something to do with the slightly sexual overtone of "Copperface Jacks"?

    Very strange choice of news by the national broadcaster . . .


    Z


  • #10
    Thom Merrilin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83 ✭✭Thom Merrilin


    mickdw wrote: »
    Will see ever pay the costs though? I seriously doubt it.

    Of course she will, solicitors are experts at "retrieving" their fees from people. If she doesn't pay she'll find herself back in court soon enough.


  • #11
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    WIZE wrote: »
    She thought she would have the time of her life
    She had hungry eyes for a big payout?


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  • #12
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    The poor girl must have been in awful pain though cos the hips don't lie.


  • #13
    Kenny Logins
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    Ah, too bad. If the floor had made her fall when she was dancing forwards she could be booking a holiday now.


  • #14
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Zen65 wrote: »
    Why is THIS case being reported in the news, and not the hundreds / thousands of other litigation cases? It's not for huge money, it's not about "celebrities" suing or being sued.

    Could it be something to do with the slightly sexual overtone of "Copperface Jacks"?

    Very strange choice of news by the national broadcaster . . .


    Z

    Because, a bit like After Hours at times, our national broadcaster is a wee bit Dublincentric.


  • #15
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Not only a hugely mistake on her part but a hugely embarrassing one too with her name all over the news. Sucks for her..

    I wonder how long it'll be before people start witch-hunting & linking to her Facebook account.


  • #16
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,775 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Zen65 wrote: »
    Why is THIS case being reported in the news, and not the hundreds / thousands of other litigation cases? It's not for huge money, it's not about "celebrities" suing or being sued.

    Could it be something to do with the slightly sexual overtone of "Copperface Jacks"?

    Very strange choice of news by the national broadcaster . . .


    Z

    It could be seen as a very important case in future in compo cases. It's not the facts that are the most important thing but the principle.


  • #17
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Thom Merrilin wrote: »
    Of course she will, solicitors are experts at "retrieving" their fees from people. If she doesn't pay she'll find herself back in court soon enough.


    Serious question, What happens if she does not have the money to pay the costs ? Do they check you financially before you are allowed pursue the case ?


  • #18
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    My favourite quotes from the article:
    Ms O'Connell and Mr Humphries were engaged in modern dancing "of the kind that takes place in night clubs and which is not easy to describe in terms that make sense".
    The defendant denied liability and also claimed Ms O'Connell was engaged in dangerous and reckless dancing with Mr Humphries.


  • #19
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76,172 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    realies wrote: »
    Serious question, What happens if she does not have the money to pay the costs ? Do they check you financially before you are allowed pursue the case ?

    In some cases, you can be ordered to post a bond to cover some/all of the defence costs. It'd need to be a fairly no hope case as most recent attempts I've read of by a defendant to stymie a case using this tactic have failed.


  • #20
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Zen65 wrote: »
    Why is THIS case being reported in the news, and not the hundreds / thousands of other litigation cases? It's not for huge money, it's not about "celebrities" suing or being sued.

    Could it be something to do with the slightly sexual overtone of "Copper Face Jacks"?

    Very strange choice of news by the national broadcaster . . .


    Z


    Maybe because its allegedly one of the leading nightclubs in the country :confused:


    THE COMPANY which operates popular Dublin nightspot Copper Face Jack’s has recorded another bumper year, turning an after-tax profit of over €5.6 million for the twelve months ending in January 2012.

    http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=best%20profitable%20copper%20face%20jacks&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejournal.ie%2Fcopper-face-jacks-profit-2011-734246-Dec2012%2F&ei=zd7NUbTCPMTo7Abqr4GYCw&usg=AFQjCNET53I3QJSsl8aZUYC-xZ0kDKeKSg


  • #21
    Chucken
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    realies wrote: »
    Maybe because its allegedly one of the leading nightclubs in the country :confused:


    THE COMPANY which operates popular Dublin nightspot Copper Face Jack’s has recorded another bumper year, turning an after-tax profit of over €5.6 million for the twelve months ending in January 2012.

    http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=best%20profitable%20copper%20face%20jacks&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejournal.ie%2Fcopper-face-jacks-profit-2011-734246-Dec2012%2F&ei=zd7NUbTCPMTo7Abqr4GYCw&usg=AFQjCNET53I3QJSsl8aZUYC-xZ0kDKeKSg

    I only ever heard of the place on here!


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  • #22
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    MYOB wrote: »
    In some cases, you can be ordered to post a bond to cover some/all of the defence costs. It'd need to be a fairly no hope case as most recent attempts I've read of by a defendant to stymie a case using this tactic have failed.


    Thanks for that MYOB but in this case the amount is one hundred thousand in costs against the claimant,where she go and get that ?



    maybe she will have to dance for it :P


  • #23
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Chucken wrote: »
    I only ever heard of the place on here!
    I also have never heard of this Coppers and have never been in it or anywhere near it on Harcourt St.

    Harcourt Street, where the fcuk is that? Never been there, dunno where it is.


  • #24
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,498 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Again, I blame whatever solicitor encouraged her and didn't run her from the office the first time she came in.
    All about the money.


  • #25
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Chucken wrote: »
    I only ever heard of the place on here!
    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I also have never heard of this Coppers and have never been in it or anywhere near it on Harcourt St.

    Harcourt Street, where the fcuk is that? Never been there, dunno where it is.


    Well it seems that a lot of the country folk who vist or work in our fair city frequent the place quite a lot or so I have been told.


  • #26
    upandcumming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    3 months off after a fractured arm?


  • #27
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Where does the 100k come from?


    Can't link the tv3 website but they said she'll have to pay near 100,000, seems excessive.


  • #28
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    It could be seen as a very important case in future in compo cases. It's not the facts that are the most important thing but the principle.

    But this case was on the airwaves long before the verdict was known. If she had been awarded compensation there would be nothing new in that . . plenty of people sue and receive compensation in circumstances which are questionable. I'm fairly sure it's the reference to "Swayze"-style dancing, and the sexual overtone of "Copperface Jacks" establishment which made it 'newsworthy'.

    We are being fed crap to keep us entertained.

    Z


  • #29
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    realies wrote: »
    Well it seems that a lot of the country folk who vist or work in our fair city frequent the place quite a lot or so I have been told.

    Ahhh! A Dance Hall? Sure their Mammies would like them to be mixing with their own kind.


  • #30
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    one hell of an expensive night out !!!!!!!


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  • #31
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Chucken wrote: »
    Ahhh! A Dance Hall? Sure their Mammies would like them to be mixing with their own kind.

    Sure it be the only way to keeping them pure :P:D


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