Woman in Kerry hotel lift collapse settles case

In the High Court this week her husband, Kevin Meehan of Celbridge, Co Kildare, who suffered multiple injuries in the accident was awarded over €508,000.

 Jennie Wong and Kevin Meehan from Celbridge, Co Kildare. Picture: Collins Courts

A woman who was in a lift in a Kerry hotel which plummeted three floors to the ground has settled her High Court action.

Jennie Wong was with her husband and three members of their extended family in the Killarney Plaza Hotel lift which suddenly dropped to the concrete underground basement car park ten years ago.