Court shown video of injured man fixing his car

A Polish man suing for injuries from two accidents was shown on video at the High Court yesterday driving, walking freely, and leaning under the bonnet of his car repairing it — on the same day he presented to a doctor as ‘crippled’.

Tomasz Ewertowski, of Forrest Ridge Crescent, Wilton, Cork, is the plaintiff in the case.

The video was recorded on May 28, 2012, the date he was seen by consultant Kieran Barry. He is first seen being assisted out of the passenger seat of a car and given a rollator to help him walk to Mr Barry’s rooms.

Liam Gaynor, defending, said the video showed the plaintiff shuffling out of Mr Barry’s room and into the passenger seat of the car, and 15 minutes later getting into the driver’s seat, driving around, going home, getting out of the car without the walking frame and appearing to walk freely, albeit with a slight limp.

The case continues.