Woman sues partner’s parents after losing eye in accident at their house

A woman who sued her partner’s parents after she lost an eye in a horrific domestic accident has had her action dismissed by a High Court judge.

Had Elaine Newman, aged 27, won her case, agreed damages of €200,000 would have had to have been paid to her arising out of the accident at the home of Marie and Patrick Cogan at Delganstown, Delvin, Co Westmeath, on Jun 22, 2007.

In what was described in court as a “horror story” by Ms Newman, her eye was catastrophically damaged when her partner Emmett Cogan fell and a piece of frozen meat in his hand hit and smashed the glass pane in a door causing pieces of glass to hit her eye.