Luas passenger injured when emergency brake applied has €60k claim dismissed

Driver had braked suddenly when a jogger had veered off the footpath only split seconds away from the oncoming tram, court heard

Dismissing the €60,000 personal injuries claim by a passenger who was thrown forward when a driver was forced to apply the emergency brake, judge said it would be unreasonable to expect the Luas to slowly crawl through and around Dublin. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Luas tram drivers would never get anywhere if they had to slow to a crawl every time they saw someone approaching the tracks, Judge Terence O’Sullivan said in the Circuit Civil Court.

Dismissing a €60,000 personal injuries claim by a passenger who was thrown forward when a driver was forced to apply the emergency brake, Judge O’Sullivan said it would be unreasonable to expect the Luas to slowly crawl through and around Dublin.