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Mark Pollock sues friends for fall that paralysed him

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  • #32
    DeadHand
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    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    That it didn't make sense was the joke ;)

    'Cos there's nothing funnier than blindness and paralysis...


  • #33
    marklazarcovic
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    30k in benefits whilst living in lanzarote !!!


  • #34
    ScumLord
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    It seems a bit strange. There's no mention of drink taken?

    I would assume that a blind person would take some responsibility to get to know the house they're staying in, where the boundaries where, doors and obstacles. If he'd stayed in the house before, it's not like he would completely clueless to the layout of the room.

    I would have also thought a blind person would exercise some caution walking around a house they're not to familiar with. You'd have to be walking with a fair amount of confidence to just fall out with no chance of either tiping the wall with is feet our catching the sides of the window. Unless this was some sort of full length window.

    Unless the owners of the house moved the window to where the door was I don't really see how it's their fault?


  • #35
    Mr. CooL ICE
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    DeadHand wrote: »
    'Cos there's nothing funnier than blindness and paralysis...

    What about a blind and paralysed clown?


  • #36
    sweetie
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    black and amber wrote: »
    You got legend, noble and honest as they come from him simply handing you an umbrella? Wow.

    whoosh


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  • #37
    trishasaffron
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    Possibly a setup (the litigation not the accident!) between Pollock & friends to claim off insurance (ie all of us).

    That's probably why there is so much "uncertainty" as to who opened the window. Who was he sharing with I wonder and where were they whenthis happened?


  • #38
    Menas
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    In all seriousness- I thought that when you lost one sense the others were slightly more enhanced. So blind people are more tuned in to their hearing and touch for example.
    If that was the case surely he would have heard that the window (ie- heard the outside) was open and could feel a draft on his skin?


  • #39
    pickarooney
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    seamus wrote: »

    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.

    Something fishy even


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He's not suing the friends personally, peoples house insurance comes into play in these circumstances. I know a man who's child was brain damaged after falling out an upstairs window, and his insurance was sued through him, as he'd been told of the faulty latch and hadn't repaired it. The insurance paid out as he should have been aware of the danger, and the childs care was provided for with the money. Not the same situation, but if a large window is left open, and a blind person unaware of it falls and gets paralysed, it's not unreasonable to try claim on the insurance. It's what it's for, after all.


  • #41
    osarusan
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    What kind of window was this that he could just fall out of?


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  • #42
    seamus
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    osarusan wrote: »
    What kind of window was this that he could just fall out of?
    To be fair, a large upstairs window or a bay window where the windowsill is at knee height, one could easily fall out of if you didn't know where you were.
    Think about it, the window is open, you walk into the windowsill and trip, put your hands out to stop yourself but....no window....and out you go.
    A sighted person could probably make a quick grab for the edge of the window or something, but if you can't see what you're doing, you'll be out the window before you can even make sense of your surroundings.


  • #43
    Calmsurrender
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 113 ✭✭Calmsurrender


    There was a case in the UK a few years back
    back. A girl called Kylie Grimes dove into her friends swimming pool and injured her neck.
    She sued her friends father, even though he wasn't even there at the time, as he was the home owner. At the time there was much talk of personal responsibility and money grabbing. She lost the case anyway.
    Turns out she actually felt it was the poor treatment she got when she arrived at the hospital - they tried to make her get up and walk and she ended up falling off the bed - that had made her injury worse and she wanted to claim from them but was advised she'd have to sue the pool owner first to rule out his (non existent) role in the accident So to
    to speak.
    She settled out of court with the hospital in the end.

    So there could be something behind the scenes like that going on here.


  • #44
    sconhome
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    osarusan wrote: »
    What kind of window was this that he could just fall out of?

    It seems that he crawled through it -
    The QC put it to him that he had told friends after the accident that he believed ‘he may have been climbing out of a hatch on board a yacht’ as he went through the window.

    He was 10 days back on land after 1400 miles round Ireland on a yacht.


  • #45
    NachoBusiness
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    For those that don't know all that much about Mark.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz9vz1H_xkk


  • #46
    fatherted1969
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    Don't really see the problem with it. He's going to require enormous levels of care for the rest of his days and while it's not an ideal scenario claiming off your friends insurance it's not like it's going to affect them a great deal (only glanced at the article so apologies if I've got it wrong) all that'll go is their friendship


  • #47
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by osarusan viewpost.gif
    What kind of window was this that he could just fall out of?
    It seems that he crawled through it -
    Quote:
    The QC put it to him that he had told friends after the accident that he believed ‘he may have been climbing out of a hatch on board a yacht’ as he went through the window.
    He was 10 days back on land after 1400 miles round Ireland on a yacht.


    Was he drunk?


  • #48
    Cold War Kid
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    You have a duty of care to a blind person in fairness. Not that I don't feel for his friends - what a thing to have to live with, and it was obviously just a terrible mistake. But the duty of care thing is probably part of the grounds on which he has cause to claim.


  • #49
    valoren
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    I bet his friends didn't see this coming.

    *bahdumtish*


  • #50
    Radly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Radly


    For all anyone knows his friends may have approached him and encouraged him to sue. What with needing a lot of money for care for the rest of his life.


  • #51
    ArtyM
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    Cant believe they named a fish after this guy.
    I, for one, will be writing a strongly worded letter to insist they rename it after someone else.


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  • #52
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Jayzus, better not let any of my differently-abled mates sleep over!


  • #53
    Gatling
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    I'd expect him to get a stupidly large payout over this .
    But it's absolutely shocking that this is been entertained at all ,
    But been this is ireland it's expected
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  • #54
    NachoBusiness
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    Gatling wrote: »
    But been this is ireland it's expected

    It's the UK.


  • #55
    Patser
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    Gatling wrote: »
    I'd expect him to get a stupidly large payout over this .
    But it's absolutely shocking that this is been entertained at all ,
    But been this is ireland it's expected
    thebaz wrote: »
    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.

    Accident and court case both in Britain, but keep knocking Ireland there lads.


  • #56
    padd b1975
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    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Was he drunk?

    Blind drunk.


  • #57
    Gatling
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    Patser wrote: »
    Accident and court case both in Britain, but keep knocking Ireland there lads.

    Oh relax but hey if it was here he likely get a euro millions type payout
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  • #58
    Patser
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    Gatling wrote: »
    Oh relax but hey if it was here he likely get a euro millions type payout

    That's the spirit. Just keep on knocking Ireland.


  • #59
    Gatling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Patser wrote: »
    That's the spirit. Just keep on knocking Ireland.

    You obviously don't read near weekly threads relating to court cases here
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  • #60
    mloc123
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    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.

    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.

    I don't like how the trust is purely for him. At least pretend it is to help people with spinal injuries in general... Not just to fund your own trips to the U.S.


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  • #61
    tommyboy2222
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    AKW wrote: »
    It seems that he crawled through it -



    He was 10 days back on land after 1400 miles round Ireland on a yacht.

    Yeah but maybe no one told him ?


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