Girl traumatised by pursued car crashing into her home, court hears Stolen vehicle was being chased by gardaí when it hit house in Swords, Co Dublin
about 3 hours ago Ray Managh
Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin was told the case was an unusual one in that the stolen car was being chased by gardaí at the time it had gone out of control.
An 11-year-old schoolgirl suffered anxiety as a result of a car being chased by gardai having crashed into her home in September 2015, the Circuit Civil Court has been told.
Tom Clarke, counsel for Nicola Kowalska , said she was five years old when the stolen car crashed through the garden of the Kowalska home at Main Street, Applewood Village, Swords, Co Dublin, striking the front of the house.
A judge has approved a €25,000 settlement for a toddler who fell 10 feet onto concrete paving through a gap in glass panelling where one of the panels was missing.
Barrister Eavanna Fitzgerald told the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that, as Ewa Stecyk tried to unlock an entrance gate to a Dublin apartment building, her son, 19-month-old Alex Szabo, decided to peek through a glass-panelled barrier.
Ms Fitzgerald, who appeared with Maguire McClafferty Solicitors for Alex and Ms Stecyk, said the child and his mother were unaware that one of the large glass panels was missing.
“The boy walked through the space and fell three metres onto a concrete surface,” Ms Fitzgerald told Judge John O’Connor.