Law student loses fight for damages from road accident

The judge concluded the “sole responsibility” for the cause of the accident rested with the student.

The accident happened when both men were driving in opposite directions along an unlit country road. File photo

A law student who suffered serious back injuries in a road accident in Co. Dublin has lost his High Court damages action.

Mr Justice Bernard Barton found James Thomas Ian Smith, now aged 22, had failed to prove liability on the part of Gerard Hanaphy, a taxi driver, over the accident at Stockhole Lane, Cloughran, Co. Dublin, three years ago.