Luas Surfing

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Did you ever see anyone do it or did you ever do it yourself??

jester77

Looks like a very handy way to make a few €'s

p to the e

You'd want to have a severe brain injury to try it.

DEFTLEFTHAND

People used to do it in the subway in NYC.

Looks like an accident waiting to happen.

TallGlass

I honestly can't believe what I am reading. 550k for knowingly jumping onto the side of a tram door as it moves.

What did she expect to happen here?

It's honestly official judges have lost there minds.

hatrickpatrick

The Luas moves far too slowly for this to be any sort of thrill ride, where's your sense of adventure? Assuming this means riding on top of it like I think it does, go InterCity or go home

Hector Savage

She got a severe brain injury from it ??
Yet she had a kid recently - hmmm she's only 20, so we can expect she'll have 5 more minimum - no doubt she'll claim an allowance for them (that 500k has other places to be pissed away for sure).
Unsustainable, Irish society is truly ****ed, and this vermin needs to be removed from it.

Somedaythefire

Hector Savage wrote: »

She got a severe brain injury from it ??
Yet she had a kid recently - hmmm she's only 20, so we can expect she'll have 5 more minimum - no doubt she'll claim an allowance for them (that 500k has other places to be pissed away for sure).
Unsustainable, Irish society is truly ****ed, and this vermin needs to be removed from it.

You sure she got the brain injury and not yourself?

antodeco

I honestly think the judge should've been given that award because obviously he has some form of a brain injury

Dravokivich

What judge?

Midnight_EG

Is there a story or a link here that's missing or am I just silly?

wally79

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Is there a story or a link here that's missing or am I just silly?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-injured-tram-surfing-on-luas-awarded-550-000-1.3669184?mode=amp

Your Face

No link is showing for me so:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-injured-tram-surfing-on-luas-awarded-550-000-1.3669184

suicide_circus

We love rewarding irresponsible behaviour in this country.

hope this is appealed

bucketybuck

I could understand a dumbass judge giving money away like that, but why would Veolia settle for that amount out of court?

Half a million approved but I can't see any mention what injuries she got apart from a bump on the head? What is the money supposed to be compensation for? Why didn't Veolia let it go to a ruling?

antodeco

Dravokivich wrote: »

What judge?

From the new article:

Approving the settlement, Mr Justice Cross said it was not necessary for the court to tell Ms Kelly she did a “silly thing” as she knew that. However, he commended her for her honesty.

silverharp

I see the brain trust has become a mother ...shudders

Jim Bob Scratcher

At least she knows how to lay on her back.

Shakey_jake

What a dump we have become

We must be literally mad to put up with it

griffin100

No surprise really with that judge.

alchemist33

Every time one if these stories is put up I think "That's ridiculous. You couldn't get any worse than that". Yet here I am open-mouthed again with a judgement that defies any kind of sense. It's almost excusable that some people don't look where they're walking and get money as a result, but when someone does something incredibly stupid and gets injured, expects somebody else to reward... sorry, compensate ... them for their stupidity, and then the state actually buys this ****... I .... I ... aaaarrgghhh!!!!

ArmaniJeanss

antodeco wrote: »

I honestly think the judge should've been given that award because obviously he has some form of a brain injury

The judge made no award.

Strange the amount of people who totally misread the story but are quick to throw in a brain-injury joke.

Ronaldinho

Would you have to pay tax on that settlement?

antodeco

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

The judge made no award.

Strange the amount of people who totally misread the story but are quick to throw in a brain-injury joke.

He approved the settlement as per the above quote I posted...


It's amazing how many people selectively read an article, and miss a specific quote and are quick to insult a poster..

average_runner

She is a stupid person and that child she had will have no chance in life

circular flexing

antodeco wrote: »

He approved the settlement as per the above quote I posted...


It's amazing how many people selectively read an article, and miss a specific quote and are quick to insult a poster..

Can a judge refuse to approve a settlement that has been agreed between plaintiff/defendant? I've never heard of that happening.

solerina

Utterly disgraceful, there is no way she should have been given money, she fell off the side of the Luas where she should never have been in the first place. Brain injury or no brain injury it was her own fault

claiomh solais

average_runner wrote: »

She is a stupid person and that child she had will have no chance in life

Is she though? Every morning getting up early and squeezing ourselves onto overcrowded public transport, working all day and many times late into the evening saving up so we can afford a tiny house, and if we're lucky, two kids.

She'll be sitting on her fat arse getting a cut of our wages for her entire life. That settlement will get her a nice house next to her mam that she'll probably fill with kids.

antodeco

circular flexing wrote: »

Can a judge refuse to approve a settlement that has been agreed between plaintiff/defendant? I've never heard of that happening.

Good point, don't know. My assumption is yes, because otherwise the statement if "approved the settlement" is a moot point

Peatys

Peter Casey will sort these out in his second term once he boxes off the travellers in his first.

Casey for emporer!

na1

antodeco wrote: »

He approved the settlement as per the above quote I posted...


It's amazing how many people selectively read an article, and miss a specific quote and are quick to insult a poster..

99,999 posts?

jay0109

Disability benefit for life too.

This circus can't go on forever folks...the most indebted country in the EU/OECD per head of pop and this type of crap happening every day in the courts/welfare system. When it does blow up, it won't be pretty

average_runner

claiomh solais wrote: »

Is she though? Every morning getting up early and squeezing ourselves onto overcrowded public transport, working all day and many times late into the evening saving up so we can afford a tiny house, and if we're lucky, two kids.

She'll be sitting on her fat arse getting a cut of our wages for her entire life. That settlement will get her a nice house next to her mam that she'll probably fill with kids.

She is young and silly, she will blow it all

topper75

The magnitude of the award is possibly more appropriate to a scenario with a psychopathic tram driver deliberately derailing the tram in order to wipe out a passerby who was minding their own business.

LiamoSail

claiomh solais wrote: »

She'll be sitting on her fat arse getting a cut of our wages for her entire life. That settlement will get her a nice house next to her mam that she'll probably fill with kids.

The fat **** will probably get a council flat. God forbid she'd have to pay for it herself

Laois_Man

Of course the judge is going to approve the award. They can't admit liability by agreeing a 550,000 Euro settlement and then go on to win the case after the judge tells them 'I don't approve of this agreement'!

If you plead guilty in a murder trial and admit "Yes, I murdered Joe", the judge can't turn around and insist "No you didn't"

The judge did noting wrong here! Veolia have set a dangerous precedent for themselves!

na1

Laois_Man wrote: »

The judge did noting wrong here! Veolia have set a dangerous precedent for themselves!

Don't you worry, the commuters will pay this up, cent by cent.

Floppybits

The luas will have loads hanging on the sides now looking to get a claim in. Might mean there will be plenty of space inside the luas.

starbaby2003

Your Face wrote: »

No link is showing for me so:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-injured-tram-surfing-on-luas-awarded-550-000-1.3669184

Un****ing believeable

Minderbinder

Laois_Man wrote: »

Of course the judge is going to approve the award.  They can't admit liability by agreeing a 550,000 Euro settlement and then go on to win the case after the judge tells them 'I don't approve of this agreement'!

If you plead guilty in a murder trial and admit "Yes, I murdered Joe", the judge can't turn around and insist "No you didn't"

The judge did noting wrong here!  Veolia have set a dangerous precedent for themselves!

Yes he can actually.

Working class heroes

Boards really is gone to sh1te.
Have yis all **** all else to be doing. What’s the story like, are yis all subconsciously lashing out at your own short comings or what.
Are yis all Vegans? Is that it?

Minderbinder

claiomh solais wrote: »

average_runner wrote: »

She is a stupid person and that child she had will have no chance in life

Is she though? Every morning getting up early and squeezing ourselves onto overcrowded public transport, working all day and many times late into the evening saving up so we can afford a tiny house, and if we're lucky, two kids.

She'll be sitting on her fat arse getting a cut of our wages for her entire life. That settlement will get her a nice house next to her mam that she'll probably fill with kids.

The entire workforce of Ireland should go on strike, preferably on dole day. The workers need to stand up for themselves. Seriously, things are so ridiculous. What is wrong with normal Irish people that they'll eat s**t and pay for it when they're finished?

starbaby2003

Working class heroes wrote: »

Boards really is gone to sh1te.
Have yis all **** all else to be doing. What’s the story like, are yis all subconsciously lashing out at your own short comings or what.
Are yis all Vegans? Is that it?

Expecting people to take responsibility for their own stupidity is not a novel idea. Why should she be compensated? Genuine question? People are born with much worse illnesses and don’t even get help from the state never mind compensation

mad muffin

May I enquire to the ethnicity of this fine lady?

Working class heroes

starbaby2003 wrote: »

Expecting people to take responsibility for their own stupidity is not a novel idea. Why should she be compensated? Genuine question? People are born with much worse illnesses and don’t even get help from the state never mind compensation

Agreed. No problem with what you have posted.
It’s just every thread on this site spirals into a cesspit of insults. It’s disgusting.
Fat this, whore that, knacker him, tramp her.
By all means the topic at hand should be discussed but why does it have to turn so nasty.

Working class heroes

mad muffin wrote: »

May I enquire to the ethnicity of this fine lady?

Point proven.

na1

starbaby2003 wrote: »

Expecting people to take responsibility for their own stupidity is not a novel idea. Why should she be compensated? Genuine question? People are born with much worse illnesses and don’t even get help from the state never mind compensation

In other countries the person who deliberately obstruct the tram will be dragged to court and pay back the company losses.

Lollipops23

If I lay down in front of a Dublin Bus so that it runs over my legs, can I sue them?

I'm so so sick rewarding the dregs of society when they do stupid sh*t; we were all dummies as teens, but somehow I never put my life at risk like this idiot. Why is society slowing down for these people?

Mint Sauce

This is nothing new, kids used to ride between the carriages on the London Underground over 20 years ago , Dublin is just catching up.

Although if you get injured through your own stupidity, it's your own stupid fault.

Feisar

"He said his client did not want to blame the driver."

Hahhahahaa

Samuel T. Cogley

The Judge can refuse to approve the settlement where it is insufficent. I'm not sure they can refuse to approve a sufficent settlement. The Judge did not make an award here the case was settled.