€6.5m for woman who suffered brain damage in crash as teen

A 26-year old woman who suffered brain damage as a teenager when the car in which she was a passenger collided with another vehicle has settled her High Court action for a total of €6.5million, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The woman who cannot be named as she is a ward of court was a passenger in a car which crashed in the Midlands in 2008. She had to be cut out of the wreckage.