Woman settles claim after being hurt in Garda chase in Cork City

A woman who was badly injured in incident of violent driving by an armed man who drove away in a Garda car in Cork City has settled her claim for damages out of court yesterday.

The judge praised the valour of the plaintiff’s husband and the garda driver in dealing with the attack. Susan O’Gorman, 40, of Grenagh, Co Cork, settled her case against the State at the High Court in Cork yesterday afternoon on the second day of her action arising out the injuries she suffered on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

Ms O’Gorman’s husband, Declan O’Gorman, had gone to the assistance of a garda in the landcruiser when he saw an attacker armed with a knife. Later the armed man took control of the Garda jeep-type vehicle and reversed it at force into the car in which Ms O’Gorman was sitting as a passenger, before driving off to Cork Airport where the violent drama ended on the runway.