Dublin judge cuts damages for cyclist with brain injury from collision
“You never know with cyclists what they are going to do or anticipate what they are going to do,” Judge O’Donohoe said in the Circuit Civil Court. “Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin.”
He said he was entitled, as one who drives cars in the city, to take judicial notice of his own experiences as a motorist."
A most bogus decision by Judge Colin Daly in Ireland.
"A 22-year-old cyclist who was injured when knocked off her bike by a truck had contributed to her own injuries by failing to wear a safety helmet, a judge said on Tuesday.
Judge Colin Daly cut Raissa Lopes De Andrade Aquino’s damages award by 20 per cent on the basis of contributory negligence."
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Cyclist’s injury award cut by 20% due to not wearing safety helmet