Appeal court 'regretfully' overturns Clare man's €113k award for bicycle fall

The judgment stems from the rule of non-feasance where, for example, a highway authority that knows of a danger on the highway has no liability for a failure to intervene, assuming it did not create the danger in the first place

Mr Justice Seamus Noonan, on behalf of the three-judge Court of Appeal, "with considerable regret" allowed the appeal and overturned the award. File photo

A €113,000 High Court award to a man who fell off his bicycle when he went over a broken concrete ramp overlapping a cattle grid has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

Edward O'Riordan was 64 when the accident happened while he was out for a leisurely summer cycle near his home in Shannon, Co Clare, on August 3, 2014. He suffered a serious injury to his left ankle.