Nurse hit by fallen Weetabix boxes gets awarded €135,000

skinny90 · 25-02-2015 01:56AM #1

And no that is not a typo on the amount... I guess there really is a lot of iron in Weetabix :rolleyes::pac:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/nurse-hit-by-falling-weetabix-boxes-awarded-135-000-1.2115934

The_Valeyard · 25-02-2015 01:58AM

Tesco you say, i think im out of cereal......

wretcheddomain · 25-02-2015 02:00AM

I think she was entitled to it under the Special K clause of some act.

jacksie66 · 25-02-2015 02:02AM

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The Gibzilla · 25-02-2015 02:03AM

Cereal Killers are getting away so easily these days...

eeguy · 25-02-2015 02:06AM

6+ years of pain for 135k.

I think I'd prefer my health...

M.T. Cranium · 25-02-2015 02:07AM

She is lucky not to have gone Cheerio.

J. Marston · 25-02-2015 02:07AM

A medical examination carried out in August 2013 confirmed Ms Butler was suffering from dizziness and residual shoulder pain. Six years after the incident, she still had difficulties at work as well as trouble sleeping, the court heard.

She owes that medical examiner a few quid.

ratmouse · 25-02-2015 02:08AM

Only for the fact that it was reported in the Irish Times, I probably would have thought that there wasn't a grain of truth to that story!

dickwod1 · 25-02-2015 02:08AM

Them Weetabix must have had their Weetabix

hfallada · 25-02-2015 02:09AM

Im totally against a claims culture nation. But this case seems genuine. She worked before the injury and after it. She even changed her hours and switched shifts. She tried to get her injuries sorted and 6 years later still has failed. This women seems like an individual who is entitled to compensation.

She is not some scumbag, who hasnt worked a day in their life and broke their ankle(now totally recovered), while **** faced at a nightclub. This women deserves something

MarkAnthony · 25-02-2015 02:10AM

sully2010 wrote: »

The Americanization of Ireland continues at paste.

Punitive damages in Ireland are very, very rare which is what leads to their huge judgements; class actions do not exist here. But if you mean people talking about stuff they've no idea about I guess you're right.

Oh not to mention jury trials in civil matters were done away with at the behest of the insurance lobby.

ballsymchugh · 25-02-2015 02:11AM

i hope she wasn't covered for the friggin reiki.

Baby Jane · 25-02-2015 02:17AM

"See this smudge here that looks like my fingerprint? That's trauma!"

jamesbere · 25-02-2015 02:17AM

sugarman wrote: »

'She has trouble sleeping at night' ...what, is she having constant nightmares of being showered in boxes of wheeatabix?!?

...I'm sure the €135k has made it easier

She probably couldn't sleep because the ringing in her ear went snap crackle and pop

_Whimsical_ · 25-02-2015 02:20AM

I was hit on the head by a falling pyramid display of USA boxes of biscuits in Tesco a few years ago and all I got for my trouble was bruising and a bump on the head that lasted through Christmas.
I wince to imagine the fortune I might have been showered with if I'd been more litigious minded. Wish I had been now.

Calibos · 25-02-2015 02:20AM

hfallada wrote: »

Im totally against a claims culture nation. But this case seems genuine. She worked before the injury and after it. She even changed her hours and switched shifts. She tried to get her injuries sorted and 6 years later still has failed. This women seems like an individual who is entitled to compensation.

She is not some scumbag, who hasnt worked a day in their life and broke their ankle(now totally recovered), while **** faced at a nightclub. This women deserves something

She tried to get her injuries sorted with Reiki and Acupuncture.....

In other words, she didn't try to get her injuries sorted. :rolleyes:

"Judge, I couldn't have known that taking a box of weetabix from the bottom of the stack would make the ones above fall and I've done my best to try and resolve my known to be hard to diagnose soft tissue injury by getting a dopey hippy young one to wave her hands over me while playing dolphin sounds through speakers and even got a chinaman to stick some drawing pins in me"

"Oh you poor thing, heres €135,000 euro"

GIVE....ME.... STRENGTH !!!! :mad: :rolleyes: :mad: :rolleyes:

conorh91 · 25-02-2015 02:22AM

The Irish Times is scraping the journalistic barrel on this one.

What does it matter which logo was on the containers that hit the woman?

If I am injured in a collision with a van delivering female-hygiene prodcts, is that a legitimate basis for ridiculous headline in the paper of record?

Taking a personal injuries action can be a nasty and upsetting experience, in which very private aspects of a plaintiff's private life can be scrutinized. What's more, the courts are directed to be skeptical.

The Civil Liability & Courts Act 2004 and the institution of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board further entrench this skepticism, and have prevented a 'compo culture' from occurring. In fact, these measures have undoubtedly held-back some well-merited litigation.

There have been situations where cases taken by people who suffered serious injury were dismissed, even though liability was admitted by a defendant, simply because the plaintiff claimed for too much in damages. It seems draconian at times.

This is a busy forum. I bet there have plenty of posters who have been through it, and would identify with that how awful an experience it can be.

I really think the Irish Times needs to have a word with the journalist who wrote this piece, or whoever was responsible for that ridiculous headline. Tabloid-style journalism is what it is.

MarkAnthony · 25-02-2015 02:24AM

Calibos wrote: »

She tried to get her injuries sorted with Reiki and Acupuncture.....

In other words, she didn't try to get her injuries sorted. :rolleyes:

"Judge, I couldn't have known that taking a box of weetabix from the bottom of the stack would make the ones above fall and I've done my best to try and resolve my known to be hard to diagnose soft tissue injury by getting a dopey hippy young one to wave her hands over me while playing dolphin sounds through speakers and even got a chinaman to stick some drawing pins in me"

"Oh you poor thing, heres €135,000 euro"

GIVE....ME.... STRENGTH !!!! :mad: :rolleyes: :mad: :rolleyes:

Yet another person that's never sat through even 10 minutes of the other side cross examining the victim in these cases. Defence barristers can and do reduce people to tears.

They're also not fools in properly testing the medical evidence submitted.

eeguy · 25-02-2015 02:24AM

conorh91 wrote: »

The Civil Liability & Courts Act 2004 and the institution of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board further entrench this skepticism, and have prevented a 'compo culture' from occurring. In fact, these measures have undoubtedly held-back some well-merited litigation.

There have been situations where cases taken by people who suffered serious injury were dismissed, even where liability was admitted by a defendant, simply because the plaintiff claimed for too much in damages. It seems draconian at times.

Any examples of that?

Sounds interesting.

AndonHandon · 25-02-2015 02:28AM

conorh91 wrote: »

The Irish Times is scraping the journalistic barrel on this one.

What does it matter which logo was on the containers that hit the woman?

If I am injured in a collision with a van delivering female-hygiene prodcts, is that a legitimate basis for ridiculous headline in the paper of record?

Taking a personal injuries action can be a nasty and upsetting experience, in which very private aspects of a plaintiff's private life can be scrutinized. What's more, the courts are directed to be skeptical.

The Civil Liability & Courts Act 2004 and the institution of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board further entrench this skepticism, and have prevented a 'compo culture' from occurring. In fact, these measures have undoubtedly held-back some well-merited litigation.

There have been situations where cases taken by people who suffered serious injury were dismissed, even though liability was admitted by a defendant, simply because the plaintiff claimed for too much in damages. It seems draconian at times.

This is a busy forum. I bet there have plenty of posters who have been through it, and would identify with that how awful an experience it can be.

I really think the Irish Times needs to have a word with the journalist who wrote this piece, or whoever was responsible for that ridiculous headline. Tabloid-style journalism is what it is.

From a defence perspective I am incapable of empathising with those taking a P.I. case and am always sceptical.

eternal · 25-02-2015 02:32AM

I'd live for a year in a box of Weetabix no problem if someone wants to compensate me for discomfort. Cereal not included.

MarkAnthony · 25-02-2015 02:33AM

eternal wrote: »

I'd live for a year in a box of Weetabix no problem if someone wants to compensate me for discomfort. Cereal not included.

Like sex on the beach, good in theory then it starts to chafe.

eternal · 25-02-2015 02:35AM

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Like sex on the beach, good in theory then it starts to chafe.

I always enjoyed sex on the beach. Anyway you could buy plenty of lotion to sooth your chafing afterwards. Skin graft even if you're a perfectionist.

catallus · 25-02-2015 02:39AM

I like coco-pops.

WoollyRedHat · 25-02-2015 02:40AM

the_syco · 25-02-2015 02:41AM

I can't figure out how the box leapt on top of her?

MarkAnthony · 25-02-2015 02:43AM

Looking at the photo credit, there's a man who should sue his parents.

Baby Jane · 25-02-2015 02:48AM

I like that the photo is a lone box of Weetabix, just so we can be sure.

Without that, we might dangerously assume it was one of those own-brand knock-offs.

conorh91 · 25-02-2015 02:49AM

eeguy wrote: »

Any examples of that?

Sounds interesting.

Carmello v Casey [2007] IEHC 362

Carmello was in a car being driven by Casey, when he lost control of the vehicle at a bend going 80mph, hit a ditch, rolled over, and caused serious injury to Carmello, which included a life-long loss of sensation around the head.

Carmello sought to recover damages from Casey, who admitted liability. Some time later, Carmello was struck in the face by the branch of a tree, and required minor hospital attention. In his reply to particulars three years later, Carmello forgot to mention the incident with the branch of the tree.

Notwithstanding the fact that liability had been admitted, the entire case was dismissed. The Court assessed damages at 50,000 euro, but made no award in light of the failure of the plaintiff to mention the minor incident with the tree.

s.26 Civil Liability and Courts Act, 2004

MarkAnthony · 25-02-2015 02:49AM

My fave from childhood.

Nurse hit by fallen Weetabix boxes gets awarded €135,000

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