Woman who fell leaving taxi awarded €9k

A woman returning from her father’s 80th birthday celebrations fell on her bottom as she was leaving the mini-bus taxi outside her home and yesterday she was awarded €9,000 compensation.

Janice O’Leary stood up once the Toyota Hiace taxi stopped outside her home at East Avenue, Laurel Brook, Lehnaghmore, Togher, Cork, and she testified yesterday that it moved again as she was leaving causing her to fall.

Edwin Long, the driver of the mini-bus for K-Cabs of Barrack Street, Cork, denied that the fall occurred.