High Court dismisses case of biker injured at off-road race 

Competitor suffered fractures to his pelvis when another motorbike ran over him after he was knocked off on a bend — but judge ruled he had not proven negligence

John Hurley was competing in the motocross race in a field at Portarlington, Co Laois. File picture

A man who claimed he suffered severe injuries when a motorbike ran over him during an off-road race in which he was participating has had his case dismissed at the High Court.

John Hurley was competing in the motocross race in a field at Portarlington, Co Laois, when he says a bike hit his at a bend and he was knocked off. As he lay on the track, another motorbike went over him.