Another idiot compo case...

Koptain Liverpool · 28-02-2014 12:18PM #1

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/concertgoer-sues-after-impaling-her-arm-on-gate-spike-at-slane-30048930.html

A drunk girl tries to climb over a gate to get out of a concert at Slane. Impales arm on said gate and is now suing the organizers. Of course people are entitled to compensation if the actions of others cause them injury. But some people seem to think their own idiocy warrants compensation.

I couldn't keep a stright face myself if I was in court detailing how the fact that I was hammered and tried to scale a fence was someone else's fault.

I love the comment from the defence:

"It is a very high gate with spikes on top designed to keep out knights and soldiers in war-time, and she decided to climb it," Mr Buckley said.

Just saw she won - 75k

:eek::eek:

Gatling · 28-02-2014 12:24PM

And dumbass of the year award

Winner is

Dravokivich · 28-02-2014 12:25PM

She said she did not see exits and she went where she was told to go.

Why didn't she just turn back when she couldn't get out by there?

It'd never occur to me to consider climbing over a gate that'd be even half the size she tried.

cournioni · 28-02-2014 12:28PM

Pity it was her arm and not her hole.

Bendihorse · 28-02-2014 12:29PM

My granny says 'when drink in in, sense is out'

Caliden · 28-02-2014 12:29PM

Over 4 metres (~13 foot) high and she thought that climbing it was her best option?

She is an idiot and I hope the case is thrown out like any other 'claim culture' type case.

Koptain Liverpool · 28-02-2014 12:31PM

She strikes me as one of those types who head to these things wearing high heels and expect the whole place to be laid out for them.

anncoates · 28-02-2014 12:32PM

Such a pity that judges cannot merely throw these cases out but actually punish the people responsible for taking them.

Menas · 28-02-2014 12:36PM

What dumbass law firm took on this case for her?

mathie · 28-02-2014 12:38PM

Bendihorse wrote: »

My granny says 'when drink in in, sense is out'

In you been drinking?

anncoates · 28-02-2014 12:39PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

What dumbass law firm took on this case for her?

Doesn't ambulance chasing represent the majority of what most firms do?

Schism · 28-02-2014 12:39PM

anncoates wrote: »

Such a pity that judges cannot merely throw these cases out but actually punish the people responsible for taking them.

I agree, it's a waste of legal time and energy. Alas the letter of the law must be followed.

Hopefully the most likely outcome is a ruling in favour of MCD leaving her liable for their legal costs.

Ihatecuddles · 28-02-2014 12:41PM

If she gets money for doing something so stupid, I will actually get angry!!

What a f*cking tool.

My name is URL · 28-02-2014 12:41PM

And yet she looks so intelligent /s

This gave me a giggle

"It is a very high gate with spikes on top designed to keep out knights and soldiers in war-time, and she decided to climb it,"

Yeah.. gtfo

Scarinae · 28-02-2014 12:43PM

The gate was over four metres high with spikes on top and her only option was to climb it, she said.

Why did she think that climbing over the gate was her only option? Could she not have just gone back to one of the other exits?

Koptain Liverpool · 28-02-2014 12:44PM

mauzo! wrote: »

If she gets money for doing something so stupid, I will actually get angry!!

What a f*cking tool.

Exactly! I've done plenty of stupider things than her, and hurt myself.

But I take full responsibility

mathie · 28-02-2014 12:45PM

The gate was over four metres high with spikes on top and her only option was to climb it, she said.

Only option?
She could have done a jig, played charades or turned back.

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 28-02-2014 12:48PM

She doesn't seem short a few bob so can probably stand to lost the money for legal costs. She had VIP tickets, went to an after party in the castle and flew from Australia to give evidence at this case. Hope the judge throws her case out double quick. The dozy bint.

whirlpool · 28-02-2014 12:54PM

My favourite part is the fact that they referred to her as a young woman, and she's 27. :-) Thanks, Independent!

But in all seriousness, I could tell what she was going to look like before I even opened the link. i.e. a bad-fake-tan job on a dumb c nt. Annnnnd I was right.

FTA69 · 28-02-2014 12:56PM

It's the equivalent of someone going to a pub, bottling themselves in the face and then trying to bring a case against the pub for assault. Utterly ridiculous. Why can't people just accept responsibility for their own stupid actions?

The gate was over four metres high with spikes on top and her only option was to climb it, she said.

Yep. Absolutely no other options or choices available there at all.

Ihatecuddles · 28-02-2014 12:58PM

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

Exactly! I've done plenty of stupider things than her, and hurt myself.

But I take full responsibility

She said she had 4 or 5 drinks

yeah right!!

Apparantly she was told by a security guard the exit was up the field, on the right. She went where she was told to go.

I reckon if you asked her to point to her right, she would point left!

Ihatecuddles · 28-02-2014 12:59PM

whirlpool wrote: »

My favourite part is the fact that they referred to her as a young woman, and she's 27. :-) Thanks, Independent!

But in all seriousness, I could tell what she was going to look like before I even opened the link. i.e. a bad-fake-tan job on a dumb c nt. Annnnnd I was right.

I think she's really pretty and looks quite intelligent. I only saw 1 pic though!

Robbo · 28-02-2014 01:00PM

"Lynn, I've pierced my foot on a spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike".

D1stant · 28-02-2014 01:02PM

whirlpool wrote: »

But in all seriousness, I could tell what she was going to look like before I even opened the link. i.e. a bad-fake-tan job on a dumb c nt. Annnnnd I was right.

No call for that

Khannie · 28-02-2014 01:02PM

In fairness, I remember it being *pitch* black after a concert in Slane before. The only thing that got me out was following the hoards. If they weren't there, it might have been difficult to get out.

Of course she was a dope to try to climb the spiked fence, but walking back down a pitch black dirt track may not have seemed like a super idea either. (I'm assuming it was very dark)

Muise... · 28-02-2014 01:08PM

Schism wrote: »

I agree, it's a waste of legal time and energy. Alas the letter of the law must be followed.

Hopefully the most likely outcome is a ruling in favour of MCD leaving her liable for their legal costs.

see, that just takes all the schadenfreude out of it.

whisky_galore · 28-02-2014 01:14PM

mauzo! wrote: »

I think she's really pretty and looks quite intelligent. I only saw 1 pic though!

She looks like she's still flutered on the website link pic.
Cases like this shouldn't even be entertained. Gobsh!te.

holystungun9 · 28-02-2014 01:16PM

Khannie wrote: »

In fairness, I remember it being *pitch* black after a concert in Slane before. The only thing that got me out was following the hoards. If they weren't there, it might have been difficult to get out.

Of course she was a dope to try to climb the spiked fence, but walking back down a pitch black dirt track may not have seemed like a super idea either. (I'm assuming it was very dark)

Jayzuz be careful lad, da got me in heaps a trouble with da missus.

anncoates · 28-02-2014 01:21PM

Robbo wrote: »

"Lynn, I've pierced my foot on a spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike".

Loike totes impaled.

Santa Cruz · 28-02-2014 01:24PM

FTA69 wrote: »

It's the equivalent of someone going to a pub, bottling themselves in the face and then trying to bring a case against the pub for assault. Utterly ridiculous. Why can't people just accept responsibility for their own stupid actions?

Yep. Absolutely no other options or choices available there at all.

She could have bent forward, get her head stuck in the railings and let the lads line up to give her a go

Caliden · 28-02-2014 01:27PM

Santa Cruz wrote: »

She could have bent forward, get her head stuck in the railings and let the lads line up to give her a go

They would be want to be standing on each other's shoulders given that it was a 13 foot high fence.

Another idiot compo case...

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