Teen who suffered injury in crash has payout increased by 400% after legal team refused initial offer

A recommendation by the Personal Injuries Board that a 13-year-old schoolgirl be paid €3,500 for an injury she sustained in a traffic collision was increased by 400 per cent after her legal team refused to accept the offer.

A recommendation by the Personal Injuries Board that a 13-year-old schoolgirl be paid €3,500 for an injury she sustained in a traffic collision was increased by 400% after her legal team refused to accept the offer.

Barrister Conor Kearney told Judge James O’Donohoe in the Circuit Civil Court Wednesday that property developer Milanville Limited, of Century House, Harold’s Cross road, Dublin, had now offered the girl a settlement of €12,000.