High Court allows labourer to take case against Cork County Council over crash in 2011

Samuel Field also initiated legal proceedings over the incident outside Cronin’s Filling Station near Ballylickey against Anne Cronin and a related company which operated the filling station

The judge said the delay in the case between 2016 and 2019 was excusable.

The High Court has rejected an application by Cork County Council and the owner and operator of a filling station in West Cork to strike out proceedings against them by a motorist involved in an accident outside the premises due to what they claim was an inordinate and inexcusable delay in prosecuting the case.

Samuel Field (40), a labourer, initiated legal proceedings over an incident outside Cronin’s Filling Station, Reindessert, Ballylickey, Co Cork on August 3, 2011, against businesswoman, Anne Cronin, and a related company which operated the filling station, as well as Cork County Council.