Woman sued by people not in crash

A project manager with the IDA told a court she was being sued by and on behalf of three people who were not in a car she collided with.

Fiona Dunne said in the Circuit Civil Court she was absolutely certain there was nobody in the car after the driver, Robert McCurdy, had stepped out to speak with her about the accident she admitted she had caused.

Judge Patrick Quinn, dismissing three €60,000 damages claims against Ms Dunne and AIG Insurance, said Mr McCurdy’s former partner, Monica Caulfield, had failed to prove she and her two children were in the car.