« on: April 04, 2019, 06:46:49 pm »
'Her courage should be admired': Judge awards taxi driver €75k after two serious collisionsA judge has told a taxi driver her courage had to be admired after surviving two accidents in which she had twice been injured and in both collisions had seen her taxi damaged beyond repair.
Circuit Court President Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, awarding 57-year-old Dolores McMahon just short of €75,000 damages for personal injury, loss of earnings and compensation for two written off taxis, said she continued to get up daily and go to work despite her physical and psychological injuries.
Caitriona O’Reilly, counsel for Ms McMahon, of Betaghstown Wood, Bettystown, Co Meath, told the Circuit Civil Court her client had suffered neck and shoulder injuries in the first accident on 14th December 2014 and lower back injury in the second which occurred on 14th July 2016.
Ms O’Reilly, who appeared with Lawlor O’Reilly solicitors, said the other driver in both accidents had cut across the path of Ms McMahon’s taxi. She said liability had been conceded in both claims and the court was being asked to assess damages.
Judge Groarke said he noted Ms McMahon no longer drives on the 14th of the month because she now considered it her unlucky number but following periods of recovery after each of the accidents she had continued to get on with her taxi driving despite having been nervous about it.
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