Appeal court upholds woman's €80k damages award over Luas accident

Taxi driver whose vehicle was involved in the collision with the tram, had appealed award made by High Court over accident in June 2016

Complainant had sued taxi driver, alleging he drove through a red light at the junction and failed to keep a proper lookout. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins 

A woman who was injured when the Luas tram she was on was in a collision with a taxi has had an €80,000 damages award upheld by the Court of Appeal (CoA).

The award by the High Court in 2020 to Margaret Keating, 65, included €10,000 for aggravated damages after the trial judge rejected defence claims she had given misleading evidence by not informing the defence of a subsequent accident she was involved in on the Luas.