Facebook pictures end €60k claim for personal injuries

Facebook pictures posted online by “a very fine human specimen of fitness,” demolished a woman’s €60,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court for personal injuries.
Facebook pictures end €60k claim for personal injuries

A 29-year-old waitress was told by a judge that she had not been honest with the court in a case that highlighted the dangers of what some people depict and say about themselves on the social networking website.

Rita Milinovic, a Lithuanian who has been living in Ireland for almost 10 years, “winced in agony” in the witness box as she related how her life had been dramatically changed by what was described as a minor collision in a car park.

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