Girl, 9, injured in rear-ending car collision settles case for €62k

Defendant had been intoxicated at the time of the September 2020 accident and severe damage had been caused to both vehicles, court heard

Court heard girl was only seven at the time and although whiplash-type injuries had lasted less than two months, she had developed headaches and frequent episodes of visual disturbances and blurring of vision.

A judge has approved a settlement offer of €62,550 for a nine-year-old schoolgirl who suffered what was described as significant injuries in a rear-ending collision with her mother’s car at traffic lights.

Barrister Esther Earley told Judge John O’Connor in the Circuit Civil Court that the defendant in the case, Piotr Urbanski, had been intoxicated at the time of the September 2020 accident and severe damage had been caused to both vehicles.