Court upholds Cork woman's €302k award for old head injury worsened by car accident

Ms Jo-Ann O'Sullivan suffered constant and at times severe pain to her neck, shoulders and lower back, along with knee pain, as a result of the accident

Mr Justice Collins said it was important that courts should have the power to dismiss fraudulent personal injuries actions but it is equally important that there should be a high threshold for exercising that power. File picture

An appeal court has upheld a €302,000 award to a Cork woman over injuries from a traffic accident.

Jo-Ann O'Sullivan (33) banged her head against a headrest which seriously exacerbated an earlier injury, the court heard. In 2020, the High Court made the award to Ms O'Sullivan, of Laburnam Grove, Commons Road, Blackpool, Cork, over the accident in Glanmire, Cork, on August 27, 2016.