Cycling was part of how our client lived. He was a self-employed man in his late forties, active by nature, and he was out on his bike when another road user struck him from behind. A cyclist hit from behind has no chance to see it coming and no way to brace for it. The claim that followed was brought against the third party’s insurer and was resolved in July 2026 with a settlement of €150,000, without admission of liability.

The injuries were spread across his back, neck, shoulders, both wrists and both knees, and the recovery was long. Because he was self-employed, being unable to work meant an immediate loss of income, and he was out of work for six months. For a man used to being active, being unable to be was its own kind of toll.

Rose Sweeney brought the cycling accident claim on our client’s behalf. A road traffic claim of this kind rests on the duty every road user owes to others on the road, and on establishing that the third party fell short of it. Personal injury claims arising from road traffic accidents are assessed by the Injuries Resolution Board before court proceedings can be issued.

An engineer was instructed to address how the collision had occurred. Several consultants dealt with the full range of his injuries and the likely course of his recovery, and his loss of earnings as a self-employed person was evidenced as a distinct part of the claim rather than folded in with the injuries themselves.

Compensation

The cycling accident claim was resolved in July 2026 by way of a settlement of €150,000, reached without admission of liability, and without our client having to give evidence at a contested hearing.

How Coleman Legal helped

Rose Sweeney handled this case from the outset. She instructed the engineer and the consultants whose evidence covered both how the collision occurred and the full range of our client’s injuries, and she ensured his six months of lost earnings were properly evidenced rather than treated as an afterthought. She dealt with the insurer on his behalf and kept him informed at each stage of what was a long recovery.