Dublin woman seeks €60k for injury despite no collision taking place

Deborah Poole alleges that the negligent driving of Nichola Ann O’Mahony on the M50 forced her to violently apply the brakes of her car to avoid an accident, a  manoeuvre which injured her neck.

A Dublin woman, who claims she was injured by having been forced to violently brake her own car on the M50, has sued another motorist for damages of up to €60,000.

In one of the most unusual cases to come before the courts Judge James O’Donohue was told there had been no collision between hairdresser Deborah Poole’s car and any other vehicle.