A young boy has been awarded €65,000 by the High Court when he fell of his bike and injured his lip in July 2011.The insurance company settled the case and the Court ruled it , it was not awarded as such.
Pothole
While riding through a council estate in Dublin, the boy, eight at the time of the incident, allegedly hit a pot hole a foot deep with his front wheel, causing him to fall from his bike.
As a result of the fall, the boy was left with a deep laceration to his upper lip. He was taken to hospital where he received stitches, and has been left with a scar.
It was claimed the accident occurred on a road way with a cobble lock footway, and that the pothole was between the cobble lock and the tarmacadam.
No Admission of Liability
The boy, who is now 16, sued the property management companies which were responsible for maintenance of the estate common area having constructed the roads on which the accident happened. The claims against the defendants were denied, and the court heard that liability was at issue between the defendants.
An order ruling the settlement was granted by Mr Justice Garret Simons, despite the lack of an admission of liability.
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