Child struck by car outside her home settles 'problematic' case for €40k

The judge said the offer was comfortably within 50% of a "realistic maximum" in this case

Mr Justice Garrett Simons, when approving the settlement offer this week, noted there was a significant risk of establishing liability if the case proceeded. File photo: iStock

A child said to have made a good recovery from injuries suffered after being struck by a car on the road outside her Dublin home has secured a €40,461 settlement of her High Court action.

Millie Markey, suing through her mother Martina, of Barnwell Avenue, Ongar, Dublin, took proceedings against Mary Keaney, also of Barnwell Avenue, over the accident which happened on the afternoon of September 28, 2019, when the child was aged four.