€18k for baby hurt two days before birth

A baby girl, who was injured in a car accident two days before she was born, has been awarded almost €18,000 for personal injury damages.

Judge Matthew Deery in the Circuit Civil Court heard Aoife Sheehan, now 14, was still in her mother’s womb when the accident occurred in Apr 1999.

Her mother, Martina Sheehan, was just over 36 weeks’ pregnant and driving the family car when another car crashed into her in Rathfarnham, Dublin.