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A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy, who was injured when his head was trapped in electric security gates, was today awarded more than €50,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
Judge John Aylmer was told that Lee McCabe was only four when the gates closed on his head and had to be rescued by a neighbour who had heard him crying for help.
Barrister Conor Kearney, who appeared with Tony Taaffe solicitor for Lee, told the court that Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, had last year rejected a €37,000 assessment by the Personal Injuries Board.
Mr Kearney said Lee, of Griffith Parade, Finglas East, Dublin, suffered serious lacerations to his head and had been left with significant scars above his right eye and within his hairline on the back of his head.
He told Judge Aylmer that the accident had been caused by faulty sensors, which had failed to sense the boy’s presence as the gates closed, and Lee had, through his mother Michelle McCabe, sued Lanesborough CDE & F Management Company Limited, Lanesborough Square Development, Finglas, Dublin.
Mr Kearney said an original assessment by the Personal Injuries Board of €37,133 had been accepted by the boy’s mother but had been rejected by the defendant. When the case appeared before the court for directions in July last year Mr Kearney refused to recommend approval of the €37,133 figure and had suggested a figure of €45,000.
Judge Groarke, on examining Lee’s scars and considering medical reports, had rejected the offer which he felt was still very much on the low side.
Mr Kearney said that since that time the defendants had reconsidered their offer and had increased it to €50,000 together with special damages and expenses which brought the proffered settlement up to €52,133.
Judge Aylmer approved the new offer with costs against the defendant.
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We need to make Ireland golf again.
@Rosa Parks: Bigly
Even tho’ it sounds silly, “Bigly” is actually a word.
Wing Commander Sir Nigel Winterbottom-Bigly doesn’t count!
We need vast swatches of golf courses to make Ireland bigly
Noonan is in training to kneel down at Shannon airport if Trump returns. The culimination of Noonan’s career.
Befriending the future President of the United States, as Minister for Finance for Ireland… Sure beats my career!
@Diarmuid: sycophancy is demeaning not only of the flatterer but also of the country.
The more limited Trump’s future connections with Ireland the better.
Trump is an unfortunate aberration but a fascinating test in how far principles free politicians will go to ingratiate themselves.
Trump now says that 3 million illegally voted against him. The man is unhinged by his own ego,
Wouldn’t voter fraud on such a scale basically invalidate the entire election regardless of what side it’s on ?
I heard he sleeps in an oxygen tent which give him sexual powers
@Stephen Hynes: Didn’t work for you, Steve
That’s only a half truth!
Mcmmmmm…. Gummi Venus De Milo
Well, we put a lot of problems in his way – wildlife issues, planning permissions and pig headedness.
DT was developing an obscure EU site, giving employment and investment – but, it wasn’t good enough for Ireland.
he didn’t develop doonbeg. he bought it nearly 15 years after it opened
In fairness he must ve soing some further development, or he wouldn’t't have been applying for planning permission recently.
Is Trump still a member, a small member with a small member?
Puerile humour?
Great,let’s drag it down into the gutter.
Well done Tony.
@Alex Falcone: Your infatuation with Trump is very scary.
@Dain Bramage:
My infatuation?
Haha.
Look around you dude. Read the papers. Listen to the radio. Turn on your TV. Check out social media.
@Alex Falcone: I don’t read the newspapers, watch the TV or listen to the radio, they are part of the mainstream media liberal Cultural Marxist Big Pharma Military Industrial Complex agenda. I get my information from Alt-Right blogs and The White House press office.
@Alex Falcone: it’s just flippant derision for the Trumpeteer.
@Dain Bramage:
Good for you. You’re smarter than I thought.
So Donald just f***** over the people of Doonbeg, I wonder what his Irish cheerleaders think of that.
@OpenBorders: He didnt say he was selling up. Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric still listed as directors.
So he should care more about the people of Doonbeg than the promises he made during the election? Don’t think so.
Wow, maybe Noonan can take over and fill his boots again!
God just for a second I thought he resigned as president.
No chance Gerry, the man is a megalomaniac.
As his father before him.
Don’t we wish
Donald, doing things by the rule book.
**Responsible**
Is Trump hair brained, hare brained or just brainless?
He’s being controlled by his hair :p
Jesus I wonder what’ll he do with himself now
How low will Irish politicians stoop to ingratiate themselves with Trump the Terrible?
This means absolutely nothing. He still owns Doonbeg. It’s a clear contravention of the emoluments clause.
SO WHAT
If he had a son named The Burren, Clare County Council could have cut a good deal on rocks for those walls.
I hope someone sprays the course with vinegar.Anyone supporting Doonbeg supports Trump.
I drempt last night that he completed his eight years and was elected Taoiseach in Ireland
Now Enda
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