A pedestrian who sued a teenage cyclist over injuries suffered when he was knocked down by the boy’s bike on a footpath in Raheny, Dublin has conditionally settled his High Court action. He sued Thomas McGovern, a student of Vernon Rise, Clontarf, over the accident which happened when Mr McGovern was aged 17. After talks on Friday, Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon was told by Philip Sheahan SC for Mr Buckley that an agreement had been reached in the case which was “fortunate for all involved”. After the accident, Mr Buckley was taken by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital where X-rays confirmed he had fractured his ischium, a hip bone. He also pleaded Mr Buckley gave no opportunity for others to avoid him, that he had offered every assistance to Mr Buckley and that the plaintiff’s medical history before the accident could be a contributory factor to the injury.

Source: The Irish Times January 19, 2018 15:22 UTC