Judge questions €10k award for girl with mild scar

The effect of a mild scar on the growth pattern of hair on a four-year-old girl’s eyebrow later in life has led to a judge questioning the adequacy of a €10,000 settlement offer by dual defendants.

Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke said that he was not enthusiastic about approving the offer because of how “the noticeable mark” might possibly change hair growth into the future.

John Ferry, counsel for Hadar Amara, whose eyebrow was injured in a bus when she was 22 months old, told the Circuit Civil Court that the bus driver had been forced to slam on his brakes when an unmarked Garda car suddenly pulled out in front of him.