Dianne Willmore, who passed from mesothelioma in 2009, won a landmark £240,000 case, holding Knowsley Borough Council liable for her asbestos exposure during school. Her case prompted legal and financial ramifications for local authorities nationwide, leading to increased awareness and changes in asbestos-related negligence proceedings.
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
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A woman has been awarded €52,000 in a High Court case after she was thrown from a horse while out riding in the Castle Leslie Estate in Co. Monaghan. She was thrown off the horse as a dog ran into their path. The judge in the case said that the lady suffered a ‘nasty injury’ as a result of falling from the horse in the estate two years ago, while on a weekend break.
The lady was knocked unconscious as a result of the fall and sustained extensive brusing and suffered considerable pain in her lower back area afterwards. The area of bruising became infected causing a blister to develop on her back. The judge accepted the evidence provided by the plaintiff stating that she was in considerable pain and discomfort during the period following the accident.
The plaintiff made a number of claims throughout her case, including that there was an alleged failure to provide her with a reliable and suitably quiet horse given her limited level of experience with horse riding. She also claimed there was a failure to provide a safe route whereby there would be minimal risk of a horse becoming upset or startled en route. She also claimed that she wasn’t provided with the appropriate safety and protection equipment (a back protector) and it wasn’t insisted that she wore the appropriate safety gear.
The case was before the court for assessment of damages only as liability was not an issue in the case.
The judge also commented that the plaintiff would be left with three blemish areas on her left buttock for the rest of her life, and he noted that while these were not serious cosmetic blemishes, they were still something that she would have to deal with on a life-long basis.
Various organizations have collected data regarding horse-riding related acccidents, including a study conducted in Victoria, Australia which found that falls accounted for about 80% of injuries. A Cambridge University study surveyed 1,000 riding accident hospital admissions. It showed these relationships between hours in the saddle and falls causing injury:
The website www.horse.com recommends the following safety procedures be adhered to by providers of horse riding facilties:
A case labelled as a ‘landmark case’ in the UK in 2012, whereby a teenage girl was thrown from a horse owned by her ex-boyfriends mother, awarded her over £3 million as she broke her back. The judge in the case maintained that the horse owner made an error in judgement of Ms Harris’s riding ability, and placed her on a horse that required a more experienced rider.
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
Pat Murphy, a 34-year-old father, died after a ruptured artery went undiagnosed at Cork University Hospital. Despite suffering severe chest pains, he faced a nine-hour wait for a CT scan, delayed further by a malfunctioning machine. His family claims this delay contributed to his tragic death.
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