Video of personal trainer lifting weights in a gym reduces her €60k injury claim to €7.5k

The woman told the court she still suffered with back and neck injuries particularly after sitting for long periods

Shane English, who appeared with Liz Lyons of Hayes McGrath Solicitors for Dualway, in cross-examination had challenged Cleere’s credibility with regard to the extent of her injuries and played a video of weight lifting exercises she had posted on Instagram following the accident.

A video of a personal trainer performing various weight lifting exercises in a gym was overwhelmingly against her, a judge said today when awarding the 24-year-old woman €7,500 damages in a €60,000 personal injuries claim.

Sorcha Cleere, a former cabin crew attendant for Stobart Air and currently a civil servant, was injured when a coach taking her from Dublin Airport collided with a German motorist who stopped suddenly on the nearby M1 roundabout.