A two-year-old girl who suffered post traumatic stress after a bicycle crashed to the ground in front of her in a toy shop has been awarded €10,000 damages.
Barrister David Staunton told the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that little Katie Campbell had narrowly escaped physical injury when the bike fell directly in her path from a shelf 14 feet above her head.
He said Katie, now aged almost six, had been with her father John Campbell, Foxbrook, Ratoath, Co Meath, in October 2007, browsing in Smyths Toys shop in the Airside Retail Park, Swords, Co Dublin, when the incident happened.
Mr Staunton told Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Matthew Deery, that the bicycle had not struck Katie but she had afterwards shown signs of anxiety and had suffered nightmares.
He told the court her GP had referred her to consultant child psychologist Mr Andrew Conway.
Mr Conway, on the basis of symptoms including hypersensitivity to noise such as thunder storms, fire crackers, cars backfiring, and an unwillingness to engage with other children, diagnosed her as having suffered a post traumatic reaction of a moderate type.
Mr Staunton said Mr Conway had concluded that as a result of the incident in the toy shop, Katie had suffered regression in her emotional, social and behavioural progression.
Mr Campbell, a social worker, was unable to attend court with his daughter today.
Judge Deery approved a €10,000 settlement offer by Smyths Toys Ltd and costs.
Yeah it's height, smallest obv. Have you got any particular gripe against Lorient fans?
Was a guess as Barca and Rovers have a huge % of fans who think they should just be given the title and are holier than thou. United aren't in the list though, should have copped that.
were we talking about this bet a while back? (can't remember it)
Yeah, you asked me for my spread mark on FF seats with the idea of a unders/overs bet and I said I'd wait a few days to see who else retired, how the leadship played out etc.
You any interest in playing the unders 25.5? Don't worry if you want to say no, I don't get offended easily.
That case seems a bit ugly to me but newspaper reports never get the facts right. That case was is one of negligently inflicted psychological harm, another legacy of Liverpool FC.
You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Yeah, you asked me for my spread mark on FF seats with the idea of a unders/overs bet and I said I'd wait a few days to see who else retired, how the leadship played out etc.
You any interest in playing the unders 25.5? Don't worry if you want to say no, I don't get offended easily.
gotcha, I remember it now.
no real interest in this, I think my downside risk > upside. FF are going to get a bounce from Martin.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
Just caught a few words from the UK Minister for Finance there when was up getting a coffee. He was explaining the UK economy falling by 0.5% last quarter on the bad weather. As if that wasn't dumb enough, he then went on to pepper his comments with tonnes of weather analogies 'we mustn't be blown off course', 'there will be sunshine in the future thanks to the cuts i've implemented'. UK politicians really do speak to the lowest common denominator.
Out of interest what language do you use in describing economic phenomena? I reckon any metaphorical language you use that could equally be applied to a flower should be consistently met in your class with:
Went to see Black Swan, don't know what all the fuss is about. Played the O'Meara course in Carton House don't know what all the fuss is about.
Man City, Spurs don't know what all the fuss is about, Liverpool beating Wolves, Chelsea beating Bolton, don't know what all the fuss is about.
Copious amounts of Guinness on a Monday afternoon accompanied by hot grill - Abso-fucking-lutely worth making a fuss about. Carlsberg don't do Mondays, so Guinness stepped in. Threw a cat into a wheelie bin on the way home to complete a perfect day. Tuesdays suck btw - Budwieser obv do Tuesdays.
lol ul
think i would have waited for something better to push with tbh
Meh, I know you're right but I've been falling asleep for a while and the rail was only thing keeping me going! I don't take this poker malarkey serious anyway as I'm sure you've all gathered
One of my students is updating his CV in English. A few years ago he was working for an international law firm in Madrid and they sent him to London for 7 months to work in their branch over there. While there he was still directly employed by the branch in Madrid and they paid his wages. He wants to mention this on his CV but I can't think of the correct way of phrasing it.
He said 'seconded to our sister firm in London' but it seems wrong to me, as does 'transferred..' because it implies permanence. If only he was a footballer I could say he was loaned
any BBV recomendations for a 2 night break around the old country for the 11th and 12th of feb.
obviously price will come into it, but this dosn't mean i will lower my standards. has to be a top notch 3* at minimum preferably4-5*.
"Remember the time he ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl, Bart? Why did I have the bowl?"
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