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Woman sues Dunnes Stores over glass jug which shattered after she poured hot water in

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  • #152
    kildare lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭kildare lad


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Should be a warning on the oven or microwave to not insert any body parts including head
    .....

    Similar to coffee cups, content may be hot for example....

    What's the best warning or funniest others have seen....

    I bought a packet of pistachio nuts last year and it said " This product contains nuts ".


  • #153
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    I wish it were just stupidity of judges that resulted in awards like this. The more cynical side of me wonders whether it's about keeping the legal gravy train going. Fair play to Dunnes for challenging this and the appeals court for pointing out in plain language just how absurd it was.

    What happens if the judge awards costs against her? I doubt she'd be able to pay, do Dunnes Stores and her legal representatives chase her for their legal fees? I doubt the judges would be happy with solicitors not getting paid.

    Do most of these chancers' solicitors do this on a no win no fee basis? I know they're not allowed to advertise as such but it doesn't stop them operating like it though as far as I know.


  • #154
    Meeoow
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭Meeoow


    Be right back wrote: »
    Or a teapot! Delighted that it was overturned.

    Hopefully not a chocolate teapot, or she'll sue Cadburys when it melts.


  • #155
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    kildare lad wrote: »
    I bought a packet of pistachio nuts last year and it said " This product contains nuts ".

    I think the problem there - is that just when you think you're covered for all levels of idiocracy - universal laws dictate that a more advanced form of idiocracy will automatically evolve.


  • #156
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,239 ✭✭✭Be right back


    Meeoow wrote: »
    Hopefully not a chocolate teapot, or she'll sue Cadburys when it melts.

    Does she know that chocolate melts?


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  • #157
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    I have much less of an issue with her than I have with the original judge and his award.

    She got some pretty serious injuries, basically due to cultural differences.
    I wouldnt have had much issue with her getting medical expenses covered (but I also wouldnt have minded if she didnt) but she should have never been given more than her medical costs.

    That said, she was still only found to be 25% culpable...


  • #158
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Maybe next time simply ask in the shop; "it is ok to pour hot water into this glass thing?"


  • #159
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I have much less of an issue with her than I have with the original judge and his award.

    She got some pretty serious injuries, basically due to cultural differences.
    I wouldnt have had much issue with her getting medical expenses covered (but I also wouldnt have minded if she didnt) but she should have never been given more than her medical costs.

    That said, she was still only found to be 25% culpable...

    Her having injuries is not in question.

    Responsibility and negligence is the sole issue. I don't see how Dunnes should even have to cover her medical fees.

    Can you explain how Dunnes stores are at fault for her putting boiling water in a glass jug? Should cutlery come with warnings not to stick forks into live electric connections?

    Where does that end and personal responsibility begin?


  • #160
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I have much less of an issue with her than I have with the original judge and his award.

    She got some pretty serious injuries, basically due to cultural differences.
    I wouldnt have had much issue with her getting medical expenses covered (but I also wouldnt have minded if she didnt) but she should have never been given more than her medical costs.

    That said, she was still only found to be 25% culpable...

    So her medical expenses should have been paid!!
    Stupid people please form orderly queue. Sorry sir, you have to wait. This lady who put her head in the over to dry her hair has priority


  • #161
    Vic_08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭Vic_08


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I have much less of an issue with her than I have with the original judge and his award.

    She got some pretty serious injuries, basically due to cultural differences.
    I wouldnt have had much issue with her getting medical expenses covered (but I also wouldnt have minded if she didnt) but she should have never been given more than her medical costs.


    It's exactly this sort of shyte that is the problem, people being awarded compo because something bad happened.

    Compo should only be given if another party caused the injury through negligence, sympathy for the the injured party, no matter how bad the injury is should have no relevance on the judgement whatsoever.

    Unfortunately the exact opposite happens here all too often. There have been awards of millions paid out where the judge has even admitted in summary that the "guilty" party was not really to blame, but sure <sob story, sob story> here you go have a big wedge from the big company/government's bottomless bank account.


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  • #162
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,717 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I have much less of an issue with her than I have with the original judge and his award.

    She got some pretty serious injuries, basically due to cultural differences.
    I wouldnt have had much issue with her getting medical expenses covered (but I also wouldnt have minded if she didnt) but she should have never been given more than her medical costs.


    Hosp are tax-financed in Ireland, so she wouldn't have much hosp expenses.

    Okay, unless she has a med card, she faces GP fees and pharmacy prices.


  • #163
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Should be a warning on the oven or microwave to not insert any body parts including head
    .....

    Similar to coffee cups, content may be hot for example....

    What's the best warning or funniest others have seen....



    I remember reading about some ejt in America who put their rv on cruise control and went off to make a sandwich, the rv obviously crashed. The rv makers had to warn people in the manual not to do such a thing.


  • #164
    alias no.9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,336 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    Mr Justice Noonan said his provisional view was Dunnes would be entitled to its legal costs in the High Court and Court if Appeal against Ms Cekanova but she had 14 days to consider whether to argue for an alternative costs order.

    A glimmer of hope?


  • #165
    deandean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭deandean


    And I note from that article that she was cross claiming against the judge finding her just 25% negligent. LOL!


  • #166
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    But but but the Insurance company and Dunnes have loads of money and she is of child bearing age.


  • #167
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    gozunda wrote: »
    I think the problem there - is that just when you think you're covered for all levels of idiocracy - universal laws dictate that a more advanced form of idiocracy will automatically evolve.



  • #168
    kildare lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭kildare lad


    A judge gave a drunk fella a hundred grand for slipping on a tile outside his council gaf. I don't know how it went on appeal . But it's a prime example that the judges here are on another planet


    A man who was awarded €105,000 by a High Court judge after he claimed he slipped on tiles on the front porch of his local authority home will have to have his action reheard.

    The Court of Appeal sent Thomas Keegan’s case back to the High Court for a new hearing on liability after Sligo County Council won its appeal over the original decision in his favour.

    The three judge appeal court found the High Court judge had discounted alcohol as a factor in Mr Keegan’s fall “purely on the basis of the judge’s own opinion and not on the basis of evidence.

    The trial judge had also not considered the question of Mr Keegan’s own knowledge of the porch tiles in a house where he had lived for nine years, the appeal court added.

    Mr Keegan(49) of McNeill Drive, Cranmore, Sligo, had sued Sligo County Council after he slipped on the porch which had a mosaic tile floor, fracturing his left ankle.

    He had told the court he was on his way home from a funeral and had consumed five pints on the day of the accident on November 18th 2013.

    Sligo County Council had claimed Mr Keegan had failed to take reasonable care for his own safety when entering the property.

    When making the award in 2017, Mr Justice Anthony Barr said Mr Keegan had candidly admitted he had five pints of beer before returning home on the day of the accident .

    “Having regard to the fact this is a man who has worked in manual labouring jobs all his life, I decline to make any adverse finding against him having regard to the level of alcohol consumed by him that day,” Mr Justice Barr said.

    The judge granted a stay on the award in the event of an appeal providing €30,000 was paid out immediately to Mr Keegan


  • #169
    Meeoow
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭Meeoow


    I'm waiting on Hozier to tweet that we are all racist for not tagging our glass jugs with 'do not put hot water in here'.


  • #170
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Glass jugs matter


  • #171
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Glass Big jugs matter

    FYP


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  • #172
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,933 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Criticising the judges shows little understanding of how the legal system works. Judges are happy for their awards to be overturned on appeal, what they don't want is for them to give nothing and then it to be overturned in favour of the plaintiff on appeal on a point of law as this makes them look bad.
    There's been many cases where this has happened and the ruling from the appeal court is scathing in its language basically saying the judge didn't understand the law. No judge wants that opinion from a higher court.


  • #173
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Glass jugs matter
    All jugs should be handled carefully


  • #174
    Raisins
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Raisins


    “The problem is these Irish judges. What they really think is...”.

    “No you’re wrong it’s even worse...what they really think is...”

    “Will you put on another pint for me there? No, no, no you’re wrong you don’t understand. The way judges think...”.


  • #175
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    gifted wrote: »
    https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/court-overturns-e65000-award-over-e10-dunnes-jug-that-shattered-1067747.html

    How the f... did she originally get awarded that kind of money?

    And almost as bad, what kind of gob****e wrote that article? Headline says €65,000 but the rest of the article says €56,000. And what's the Court if Appeal? Journalists are as thick as that Judge Crown.


  • #176
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    There once was a young woman from Slovak
    Tea in a glass jug was the knack
    With the boiling water it exploded
    She then sued and became loaded
    But cried when she had to give it all back

    ;)


  • #177
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,369 ✭ [Deleted User]


    When someone gets 500k after getting injured while commuting an illegal act, we should no longer be surprised


  • #178
    ...Ghost...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,763 ✭✭✭...Ghost...


    ahnowbrowncow wrote: »
    Do most of these chancers' solicitors do this on a no win no fee basis? I know they're not allowed to advertise as such but it doesn't stop them operating like it though as far as I know.

    No-win, no-fee should be illegal. 1 free consultation is about as good as it gets with fees accruing regardless of outcome.
    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    How the f... did she originally get awarded that kind of money?

    And almost as bad, what kind of gob****e wrote that article? Headline says €65,000 but the rest of the article says €56,000. And what's the Court if Appeal? Journalists are as thick as that Judge Crown.

    Look what happens when you switch the 6 and 5.

    Stay Free



  • #179
    1874
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,404 ✭✭✭1874


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I have much less of an issue with her than I have with the original judge and his award.

    She got some pretty serious injuries, basically due to cultural differences.
    I wouldnt have had much issue with her getting medical expenses covered (but I also wouldnt have minded if she didnt) but she should have never been given more than her medical costs.
    That said, she was still only found to be 25% culpable...


    No, she is on the make, she couldnt be that stupid and if she is, thats unfortunate for her, she knew what she was up to.
    Glad I read this thread as I only saw this online as news elsewhere and I thought she was awarded 56k reduced from 72k or thereabouts.
    I was surprised to see the thread goes back so far. some neck on her, anyone who has made it to adulthood and doesnt know that certain materials cant withstand boiling water, ie glass is thick!


    Was in Court and saw a number of cases being brought by parents for children slipping in shops and the like, I know there are a lot of decent people here from Central Europe, but everyone of them on that day like they were on the make, kids I saw looked none the worse.


    Be interested to see what the end result of this is

    eagle eye wrote: »
    Criticising the judges shows little understanding of how the legal system works. Judges are happy for their awards to be overturned on appeal, what they don't want is for them to give nothing and then it to be overturned in favour of the plaintiff on appeal on a point of law as this makes them look bad.
    There's been many cases where this has happened and the ruling from the appeal court is scathing in its language basically saying the judge didn't understand the law. No judge wants that opinion from a higher court.


    Well why dont they award 2k and give them a warning, with a solicitors percent of that, fewer will take cases, or the rest have to be made up by the person making the claim.
    Reminded in here of this book of quantum? someone mentioned, why isnt it adhered to.


  • #180
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    kildare lad wrote: »
    A judge gave a drunk fella a hundred grand for slipping on a tile outside his council gaf. I don't know how it went on appeal . But it's a prime example that the judges here are on another planet


    A man who was awarded €105,000 by a High Court judge after he claimed he slipped on tiles on the front porch of his local authority home will have to have his action reheard.

    The Court of Appeal sent Thomas Keegan’s case back to the High Court for a new hearing on liability after Sligo County Council won its appeal over the original decision in his favour.

    The three judge appeal court found the High Court judge had discounted alcohol as a factor in Mr Keegan’s fall “purely on the basis of the judge’s own opinion and not on the basis of evidence.

    The trial judge had also not considered the question of Mr Keegan’s own knowledge of the porch tiles in a house where he had lived for nine years, the appeal court added.

    Mr Keegan(49) of McNeill Drive, Cranmore, Sligo, had sued Sligo County Council after he slipped on the porch which had a mosaic tile floor, fracturing his left ankle.

    He had told the court he was on his way home from a funeral and had consumed five pints on the day of the accident on November 18th 2013.

    Sligo County Council had claimed Mr Keegan had failed to take reasonable care for his own safety when entering the property.

    When making the award in 2017, Mr Justice Anthony Barr said Mr Keegan had candidly admitted he had five pints of beer before returning home on the day of the accident .

    “Having regard to the fact this is a man who has worked in manual labouring jobs all his life, I decline to make any adverse finding against him having regard to the level of alcohol consumed by him that day,” Mr Justice Barr said.

    The judge granted a stay on the award in the event of an appeal providing €30,000 was paid out immediately to Mr Keegan


    If it's so easy to get "paid, yo!" then why don't you just go and slide across the floor in your local Centra and bang your head and then get rich?


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  • #181
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    am i supposed to care?

    shrug ..umkay ..


  • #182
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,721 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    When someone gets 500k after getting injured while commuting an illegal act, we should no longer be surprised

    Was this the girl that held onto the outside of the tram, And then fell off! Giving her a very mild head injury?

    At least in her case a judge didn’t award her the 500k, the LUAS operator simply settled with her out of court for €500k, it just goes to show how little faith they had in the system If they were prepared to give her a €500k settlement before even being in front of a judge, for scaling a moving tram and then falling off!


  • #183
    kildare lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭kildare lad


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    If it's so easy to get "paid, yo!" then why don't you just go and slide across the floor in your local Centra and bang your head and then get rich?

    Because I'm not a criminal....


  • #184
    Eggs For Dinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Eggs For Dinner


    ...Ghost... wrote: »
    No-win, no-fee should be illegal. 1 free consultation is about as good as it gets with fees accruing regardless of outcome.

    5.

    Solicitors will still play the odds. With a very lucrative payday with every success, they are happy to lose a few, even if it means they don't get paid for their work

    Bottom line is the compensation system is too tempting for claimants and the legal profession. We are too small an economy/market to be able to sustain this and have affordable premiums to allow us enjoy social & sporting activities, run a business or drive our cars


  • #185
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    Was this the girl that held onto the outside of the tram, And then fell off! Giving her a very mild head injury?

    At least in her case a judge didn’t award her the 500k, the LUAS operator simply settled with her out of court for €500k, it just goes to show how little faith they had in the system If they were prepared to give her a €500k settlement before even being in front of a judge, for scaling a moving tram and then falling off!

    Sets her up nicely, how many kids she have now?

    She must have been mental anyway on the 1st place to cling onto a side door.

    What was going against them was they knew there was a design issue where the step was out enough and a gap to cling onto.


    I see some db SG types now have a rear engine cover that is completely covering the rear so nowhere for the boys to grip onto.

    I find it mad they let this design out as anything for many years it's been flat rears with no gaps.


  • #186
    Vic_08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭Vic_08


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Sets her up nicely, how many kids she have now?

    She must have been mental anyway on the 1st place to cling onto a side door.

    What was going against them was they knew there was a design issue where the step was out enough and a gap to cling onto.


    I see some db SG types now have a rear engine cover that is completely covering the rear so nowhere for the boys to grip onto.

    I find it mad they let this design out as anything for many years it's been flat rears with no gaps.

    Accepting the premise that it should be the tram/bus company's responsibility to prevent scumbags from injuring themselves whilst engaging in obviously stupid and illegal behaviour is the core of our problem.

    Nannying the public from their own rank stupidity is bad enough but expecting criminals to be protected by the same people/companies who they are perpetrating crimes against is just insane.

    The correct response to that scumbag falling off the tram should have been LUAS suing her and her parents for the damage caused to the tram and the disruption to the service dealing with the aftermath.


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  • #187
    Nermal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,703 ✭✭✭Nermal


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    If it's so easy to get "paid, yo!" then why don't you just go and slide across the floor in your local Centra and bang your head and then get rich?

    With morals like this, a bright future in the ambulance-chasing profession awaits...


  • #188
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,369 ✭ [Deleted User]


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    Was this the girl that held onto the outside of the tram, And then fell off! Giving her a very mild head injury?

    At least in her case a judge didn’t award her the 500k, the LUAS operator simply settled with her out of court for €500k, it just goes to show how little faith they had in the system If they were prepared to give her a €500k settlement before even being in front of a judge, for scaling a moving tram and then falling off!

    as you said, when paying her 500K was the safe option, theres something seriously ****ed


  • #189
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Nermal wrote: »
    With morals like this, a bright future in the ambulance-chasing profession awaits...

    Lionel Hutz aka Miguel Sanchez


  • #190
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Nermal wrote: »
    With morals like this, a bright future in the ambulance-chasing profession awaits...


    My moral compass is just fine thank you.



    While I understand that there maybe some frivolous lawsuits in Ireland I think that they are pretty rare. Certainly there are a lot of chancers but much work goes into investigating these cases and it generally takes years for a suit to come to conclusion. Despite what people think some pisshead can't just fall off his bar stool and then get 50k the next morning when he sobers up.



    I am all for there being compensation when negligence can be proven and also that the injured party has suffered extreme injury or life disruption as a result of an avoidable incident. In the Netherlands there is practically zero litigation "culture" and I find it a bit disconcerting. In my local bar a female cello player fell through a trapdoor that was left open to the cellar. She smashed her face against the steel stair leading down and broke her nose, jaw and lost a dozen teeth. She nearly broke her neck. But in Holland...."Oh well, tough luck."


  • #191
    1874
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,404 ✭✭✭1874


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    My moral compass is just fine thank you.

    While I understand that there maybe some frivolous lawsuits in Ireland I think that they are pretty rare. Certainly there are a lot of chancers but much work goes into investigating these cases and it generally takes years for a suit to come to conclusion. Despite what people think some pisshead can't just fall off his bar stool and then get 50k the next morning when he sobers up.

    I am all for there being compensation when negligence can be proven and also that the injured party has suffered extreme injury or life disruption as a result of an avoidable incident. In the Netherlands there is practically zero litigation "culture" and I find it a bit disconcerting. In my local bar a female cello player fell through a trapdoor that was left open to the cellar. She smashed her face against the steel stair leading down and broke her nose, jaw and lost a dozen teeth. She nearly broke her neck. But in Holland...."Oh well, tough luck."


    Rare, you're having a laugh, right?


    The other comment is correct though, some pisshead can fall off his barstool and get a hell of a lot more, what scenario where a person is drunk and slips is the fault of a council?



    The incident in Holland sounds like poor form, but maybe she doesnt have to litigate? Id like to think her costs were covered? but that is a case that seems worthy of having medical expenses and any loss of earnings restored. Thats not what is happening here, arbitrary figures are being pulled out of thin air where the claimants are culpable.


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  • #192
    Eggs For Dinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Eggs For Dinner


    ShatterAlan wrote: »

    While I understand that there maybe some frivolous lawsuits in Ireland I think that they are pretty rare. Certainly there are a lot of chancers but much work goes into investigating these cases and it generally takes years for a suit to come to conclusion. Despite what people think some pisshead can't just fall off his bar stool and then get 50k the next morning when he sobers up.

    ."

    They are common, not rare and your pisshead example is exactly the type of thing that goes on


  • #193
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Eggs For Dinner wrote: »
    They are common, not rare and your pisshead example is exactly the type of thing that goes on


    Well if you can come up with an example or similar I'd appreciate seeing it. I'm not challenging you I just want to see.


  • #194
    Lillyfae
    Registered Users Posts: 1,850 ✭✭✭Lillyfae


    1874 wrote: »
    The incident in Holland sounds like poor form, but maybe she doesnt have to litigate? Id like to think her costs were covered? but that is a case that seems worthy of having medical expenses and any loss of earnings restored. Thats not what is happening here, arbitrary figures are being pulled out of thin air where the claimants are culpable.

    It's most likely not true though. Everyone in NL has personal liability and legal insurance as standard. I think they might actually be mandatory, because it's such a litigious society.


  • #195
    Darc19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    My moral compass is just fine thank you.



    While I understand that there maybe some frivolous lawsuits in Ireland I think that they are pretty rare. Certainly there are a lot of chancers but much work goes into investigating these cases and it generally takes years for a suit to come to conclusion. Despite what people think some pisshead can't just fall off his bar stool and then get 50k the next morning when he sobers up

    May I suggest that when restrictions are lifted, that you pay a visit to a circuit court sitting when it is dealing with personal injury cases.

    First have a look at the case listing published the day before.

    Then look at which judge is on.

    Then watch as cases get called.

    In naas last year before lockdown I had the "pleasure" of being at such a sitting.

    I counted 12 frivolous cases, 3 were postponed, 7 were "withdrawn" and two were deemed settled.


  • #196
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Teresa Wall. There's an example of a frivolous lawsuit.

    Fortunately it was overturned.

    What about this one though. 256K for PTSD cos she got knocked down... while crossing the road at a red light
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=107548101


  • #197
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    We have a new winner. 3.2 million. Knocked down while crossing a dual carriageway. Even though there was footbridge


  • #198
    Potential-Monke
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    For the story from April 2016 (if that's the correct one): https://www.thesun.ie/archives/irish-news/169155/e3-5m-for-young-lad-left-brain-damaged-after-he-was-knocked-down-by-motorbike/
    €3.5m for young lad left brain damaged after he was knocked down by motorbike
    David Draper from Blanchardstown in Dublin was only 13 years of age when he attempted to cross a dual carriageway home on the way home from school

    David who is now 18 years of age had sued the motorbike driver Nigel Fitzgerald of Harold’s Cross Road, Harold’s Cross, Dublin as a result of the accident at Blanchardstown Road North on March 30, 2011.

    It was claimed there was an alleged failure by the driver to keep any or any proper lookout.

    Fitzgerald had denied the claims and contended there was negligence on the part of David Draper because he had allegedly without warning run from the back of a bus and had allegedly failed to look to his left to check for traffic coming from the left.

    Senior Counsel Aedan McGovern told the court the settlement had been agreed on the basis of 30 per cent contributory negligence on the boys’ behalf which brought the total award to €3.5million.

    ...

    Justice Bernard Barton who met David in his chambers said he had no hesitation in approving the settlement.

    Horrible injuries, but 100% his own fault and I completely disagree with that settlement. Personal negligence these days appear to require someone else to blame.


  • #199
    Eggs For Dinner
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    Add legal fees and you are looking at well over 10,000 motorcyclists premiums to pay for just 1 accident


  • #200
    monkeysnapper
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    kildare lad wrote: »
    I bought a packet of pistachio nuts last year and it said " This product contains nuts ".

    Same with peanut butter ..... the world's mad


  • #201
    knucklehead6
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    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    For the story from April 2016 (if that's the correct one): https://www.thesun.ie/archives/irish-news/169155/e3-5m-for-young-lad-left-brain-damaged-after-he-was-knocked-down-by-motorbike/



    Horrible injuries, but 100% his own fault and I completely disagree with that settlement. Personal negligence these days appear to require someone else to blame.

    Nope. This one is where a part time model (ie someone who has paid for a photo shoot cos she thinks she's hot) who was crossing the dual carriage way at the Pavilions shopping centre.

    Its a settlement too, so there'll be no appealing. Obviously the insurance company were terrified of what a judge would do so 3.2 mill seemed cheap.

    Why she felt the need to ignore the footbridge 200 metres away is something that escapes me


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