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Passenger in serious car accident who was aware of driver’s intoxication was contributorily negligent
Coleman Legal LLP
January 26, 2015
Passenger in serious car accident who was aware of driver’s intoxication was contributorily negligent High Court finds the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (“MIBI”) liable to pay 55% of damages awarded to a passenger of a drunk driver involved in a fatal collision.   Read the full article here.

Passenger in serious car accident who was aware of driver’s intoxication was contributorily negligent

High Court finds the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (“MIBI”) liable to pay 55% of damages awarded to a passenger of a drunk driver involved in a fatal collision.  

Read the full article here.

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