Damages system ‘unjust and outdated’
Ms Justice Mary Irvine asked if it was justice that a 24-year-old woman — who was about to settle her catastrophic personal injury claim for €4m — could run out of money if she lived beyond the life expectancy in the figures calculated.
“Ask me is that justice. These are the rules I am asked to operate in,” the judge said. She was speaking as she was about to rule on the settlement in the case of student Jennifer Courtney who suffered a major traumatic brain injury and needs 24-hour care since she was knocked down as she crossed a road in Coolock, Dublin, five years ago.
