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Coleman Legal LLP represents several clients in a personal injury claim with Ryanair after a flight from Dublin to Zadar Airport was forced into an emergency descent in July 2018.
One of our clients, a 17-year-old schoolboy from Co Kildare, has experienced emotional distress after the unexpected incident. He suffered from nightmares following the emergency landing of the plane; he was just 11 years old at the time.
The Ryanair aircraft had to make an emergency descent into Frankfurt Hahn airport due to loss of cabin pressure during the flight. Our client’s mother issued proceedings in the Circuit Court on behalf of her son as he is underage. Each member of their family who was onboard has ongoing claims against the airline company.
In July 2018, the aircraft sustained a sudden inflight depressurisation, which required an emergency descent into Frankfurt Hahn Airport before the family could continue their flight to Zadar.
Our client’s mother has said that it was a traumatic event for everyone involved and that her son had dealt with everything extremely well. The rules of the Montreal Convention allowed these claims to be made against Ryanair.
The Convention states that the event had to be an accident to recover damages, and the complainant had to have suffered bodily injury. Our client had subsequently been diagnosed with a degree of stress secondary to the incident, as well as headaches.
Ryanair had admitted in their defence that the incident had been an accident. Judge O’Connor of the Circuit was satisfied that these two elements in the case meant that the Court could approve Counsel’s recommendation of Ryanair’s €10,000 settlement offer.
If you or a loved one was affected by a similar incident, please contact our experienced team at Coleman Legal LLP for a confidential consultation. Call us at 1800-844-104 or email [email protected].
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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