Mark Pollock sues friends for fall that paralysed him

zefer · 23-07-2015 03:05PM #1

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/mark-pollock-sues-friends-over-paralysing-window-fall-1.2294601

I wonder what he is trying to get out of this? Is he trying to get money out of them or what? I personally think it's bad form that he is suing his friends.

I know what happened to him is absolutely terrible but what he has done since, I think may get stained by him suing his friends for falling out the window

BattleCorp · 23-07-2015 03:09PM

zefer wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/mark-pollock-sues-friends-over-paralysing-window-fall-1.2294601

I wonder what he is trying to get out of this? Is he trying to get money out of them or what? I personally think it's bad form that he is suing his friends.

I know what happened to him is absolutely terrible but what he has done since, I think may get stained by him suing his friends for falling out the window

Greed, pure and simple.

I doubt that they are friends anymore.

Specialun · 23-07-2015 03:11PM

Shirley he wont win the case

MagicMarker · 23-07-2015 03:13PM

In fairness, putting a blind man in a 2nd floor bedroom with a window open wide enough that someone could simply fall out was pretty ****ing stupid.

Generic Dreadhead · 23-07-2015 03:14PM

Suing some of your best friends because of an accident that was no ones fault is shameful.
Pure money grab. I'll probably get cr@p for this but I think that's an awful thing to do to anyone.
He should be ashamed, accidents happen.

gordongekko · 23-07-2015 03:15PM

I'm sure the reality is he is suing his friends insurance company.

Generic Dreadhead · 23-07-2015 03:16PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

In fairness, putting a blind man in a 2nd floor bedroom with a window open wide enough that someone could simply fall out was pretty ****ing stupid.

Well in fairness, he wasn't "Put" anywhere as you like to phrase it

He had been offered a bed in the ground-floor conservatory but, before the accident, had opted to share a second floor room with another guest.

Don't let the actual article get in the way of forming an opinion though

Squatter · 23-07-2015 03:17PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

In fairness, putting a blind man in a 2nd floor bedroom with a window open wide enough that someone could simply fall out was pretty ****ing stupid.

"Mr Pollock ...... had stayed with the couple before.
He had been offered a bed in the ground-floor conservatory but, before the accident, had opted to share a second floor room with another guest."

EDIT - Cormac beat me to it!

kylith · 23-07-2015 03:18PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

In fairness, putting a blind man in a 2nd floor bedroom with a window open wide enough that someone could simply fall out was pretty ****ing stupid.

He was offered a room on the ground floor and he turned it down.

I wonder how he'd have reacted if they insisted he stay on the ground floor 'because your blind. So you don't fall out the window and get hurt'. He'd probably have been insulted.

arayess · 23-07-2015 03:18PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

In fairness, putting a blind man in a 2nd floor bedroom with a window open wide enough that someone could simply fall out was pretty ****ing stupid.

they can hardly rebuild or re-design the house for his occasional stay over.

If the 2nd floor was unsuitable he should have said so himself , he is blind they aren't and they cannot reasonably be expected to understand every nuance of his life.

I'm hoping anyway it's the home insurance is being sued rather than the people themselves.

sconhome · 23-07-2015 03:20PM

Very sad and likely to taint all of the work he has being doing. The headlines all portray this as a money grab, what about personal responsibility or the people who surround him as helpers and aides?

Reading the excuse that he may have thought he was "passing through a hatch in a boat" really is poor.

MagicMarker · 23-07-2015 03:21PM

Cormac... wrote: »

Well in fairness, he wasn't "Put" anywhere as you like to phrase it

Don't let the actual article get in the way of forming an opinion though

Squatter wrote: »

"Mr Pollock ...... had stayed with the couple before.
He had been offered a bed in the ground-floor conservatory but, before the accident, had opted to share a second floor room with another guest."

EDIT - Cormac beat me to it!

arayess wrote: »

they can hardly rebuild or re-design the house for his occasional stay over.

If the 2nd floor was unsuitable he should have said so himself , he is blind they aren't and they cannot reasonably be expected to understand every nuance of his life.

I'm hoping anyway it's the home insurance is being sued rather than the people themselves.

kylith wrote: »

He was offered a room on the ground floor and he turned it down.

I wonder how he'd have reacted if they insisted he stay on the ground floor 'because your blind. So you don't fall out the window and get hurt'. He'd probably have been insulted.

The issue is not that he opted for a 2nd floor room, the issue is they left the ****ing window open.

The least that should have been done was ''hey, mind you don't fall out of the wide open window, it's over here... "

NachoBusiness · 23-07-2015 03:22PM

BattleCorp wrote: »

Greed, pure and simple.

lol.

Yeah, the blind, paralyzed, greedy, charitable, bastard.

seamus · 23-07-2015 03:23PM

The home insurance is definitely being sued, no solicitor would advise someone to sue an uninsured individual for millions of pounds. The would be a complete waste of money.

Something about Mark Pollock and the Mark Pollock Trust has just never sat right with me. I don't know what it is. I have a gut feeling that there's something "off" about the whole thing.

omerin · 23-07-2015 03:25PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

The issue is not that he opted for a 2nd floor room, the issue is they left the ****ing window open.

The least that should have been done was ''hey, mind you don't fall out of the wide open window, it's over here... "

no its not.

No one has taken responsibility of opening the window, it could have been him.

poor form

hidinginthebush · 23-07-2015 03:25PM

kylith wrote: »

He was offered a room on the ground floor and he turned it down.

I wonder how he'd have reacted if they insisted he stay on the ground floor 'because your blind. So you don't fall out the window and get hurt'. He'd probably have been insulted.

He probably would have sued them TBH lol

seamus wrote: »

The home insurance is definitely being sued, no solicitor would advise someone to sue an uninsured individual for millions of pounds. The would be a complete waste of money.

That's more likely IMO. I don't really have a problem with that. If he was left paralysed after falling two stories, I don't see the problem with him trying to get some sort of compensation for it, and if he's suing their home insurance it's not as if he's trying to take millions from his friends pockets.

BattleCorp · 23-07-2015 03:26PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

lol.

Yeah, the blind, paralyzed, greedy, charitable, bastard.

You said it.

Daith · 23-07-2015 03:28PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

lol.

Yeah, the blind, paralyzed, greedy, charitable, bastard.

Just because you're blind and paralyzed doesn't mean you can't be a greedy bastard you know!

SEPT 23 1989 · 23-07-2015 03:30PM

no mention of a guide dog or is he suing him separately?

NachoBusiness · 23-07-2015 03:36PM

Daith wrote: »

Just because you're blind and paralyzed doesn't mean you can't be a greedy bastard you know!

Ah yeah I know..

I was at a screening of his docu 'Unbreakable' at the Lighthouse Cinema earlier in the year, in which he was in attendance. He gave a Q&A and afterwards as I was making my way out I realized I had forgotten my umbrella. Went back inside and he was chatting to one or two of his friends and said I had just forgotten something. Mark said: "Oh your umbrella is it?" and then got up, walked over to where I was sitting and got it for me and so I won't have a bad word said about him. He's a legend of a man, as noble and honest as they come.

Menas · 23-07-2015 03:37PM

Its all about the window and who left it open. Looks like a he said she said situation.

They should have made sure the window in the room he slept in remained closed or at least warned Mr Pollock it was open, said the QC.
Although it was uncertain who opened it, the barrister argued that, 'on the balance of probability', it was one of the Cahills.
'There was no justification whatsoever to neglect such a risk,' he told Mr Justice William Davis.
Mr Wilson-Smith claimed Mrs Cahill had considered the danger of leaving the window open - but decided not to close it because it was a warm evening.
She 'elected to do nothing' which was a 'disastrous misjudgement', he said.
However the Cahills, of Remenham Lane, Henley, deny the accident was in any way their fault.

Don't Chute! · 23-07-2015 04:01PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Ah yeah I know..

I was at a screening of his docu 'Unbreakable' at the Lighthouse Cinema earlier in the year, in which he was in attendance. He gave a Q&A and afterwards as I was making my way out I realized I had forgotten my umbrella. Went back inside and he was chatting to one or two of his friends and said I had just forgotten something. Mark said: "Oh your umbrella is it?" and then got up, walked over to where I was sitting and got it for me and so I won't have a bad word said about him. He's a legend of a man, as noble and honest as they come.

You got legend, noble and honest as they come from him simply handing you an umbrella? Wow.

buck65 · 23-07-2015 04:01PM

**** this is a sucky story.

magma69 · 23-07-2015 04:01PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Ah yeah I know..

I was at a screening of his docu 'Unbreakable' at the Lighthouse Cinema earlier in the year, in which he was in attendance. He gave a Q&A and afterwards as I was making my way out I realized I had forgotten my umbrella. Went back inside and he was chatting to one or two of his friends and said I had just forgotten something. Mark said: "Oh your umbrella is it?" and then got up, walked over to where I was sitting and got it for me and so I won't have a bad word said about him. He's a legend of a man, as noble and honest as they come.

I met Tiger Woods when I was a young fella, I just asked for his autograph, he asked me my name and wrote a note on my programme wishing me all the best. He then proceeded to give me a golf ball. He's a legend of a man, as noble and honest as they come.

Generic Dreadhead · 23-07-2015 04:03PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

The issue is not that he opted for a 2nd floor room, the issue is they left the ****ing window open.

The least that should have been done was ''hey, mind you don't fall out of the wide open window, it's over here... "

Actually, you can argue both points.... .watch!

The issue is not that they left the window open, the issue is that he opted to stay on the 2nd f**king floor

The least that he have been done was say ''hey, I'm blind and I'm going to ensure I can put myself in the safest situation possible, having been blind for many years this is something I am familiar with"

NachoBusiness · 23-07-2015 04:06PM

black and amber wrote: »

You got legend, noble and honest as they come from him simply handing you an umbrella? Wow.

I can't believe this reply nor that it got a bunch of thanks.

The man is PARALYZED and BLIND.

How the fcuk could he see my umbrella, let alone get up and then walk over and get it :P

thebaz · 23-07-2015 04:12PM

as people say accidents happen - part of life - but not in modern Ireland - everything is always someones fault , in our new greedy litigious society - with judges and some greedy legal eagles happy to play along - something has to give - now all my friends are wondering why the cost of there insurance has rocketed - I wonder why ? - shame on this new greed infested culture.

The Backwards Man · 23-07-2015 04:12PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

I can't believe this reply nor that it got a bunch of thanks.

The man is PARALYZED and BLIND.

How the fcuk could he see my umbrella, let alone get up and then walk over and get it :P

You're the one was there, you tell us.

NachoBusiness · 23-07-2015 04:13PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You're the one was there, you tell us.

Stunt double.

The Backwards Man · 23-07-2015 04:15PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Stunt double.

Ah. You see, now your story makes sense.

NachoBusiness · 23-07-2015 04:18PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Ah. You see, now your story makes sense.

That it didn't make sense was the joke

Mark Pollock sues friends for fall that paralysed him

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