'Extremely traumatised' family of injured man saw 'awful scene' of Kerry hotel lift fall

(Left to right) Jennie Wong and Kevin Meehan at the Four Courts today. They have sued over the accident at the Killarney Plaza Hotel on July 9, 2011. Photo: Collins Courts

Family members who came to the aid of their loved ones who were injured when a lift in a Kerry hotel plummeted three floors to the ground later sued for nervous shock, the High Court has heard.

A number of nervous shock claims were brought and dealt with before the major action now before the High Court by those inside the lift which fell and crashed into the basement car park of the Killarney Plaza Hotel 10 years ago.