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Elmo Blatch (309 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 18:10	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Elmo Blatch (309 Posts)	A man who took a High Court case against Eircom for alleged negligence after he fell over a manhole has agreed a settlement. The court heard that Gerard McWilliams had previously brought more than a dozen personal injuries actions. Mr McWilliams, 52, Bawnlea Close, Tallaght, Co Dublin, works as an addiction counsellor and a taxi driver. He brought proceedings arising out of injuries he claims he suffered to his ankle and knee. The court was told that in the 1990s alone, he was involved in 10 accidents. This morning at the High Court, on what was to be the second day of the hearing, Justice Vivian Lavan was informed that the action had been settled. No details of the settlement were revealed to the court. Yesterday, Mr McWilliams, who was described by his counsel as being accident prone, said that another judge once described him as being either `the luckiest or the unluckiest man` in Ireland, due to being involved in accidents that, he said, were not his fault. In his action against Eircom, Mr McWilliams claimed that at around midnight on 28 March 2003 he twisted his ankle on the edge of a P&T steel cover located beside the kerb outside his home. He claims that the company was negligent and in breach of duty of care towards him in its maintenance, repair, upkeep and supervision of the manhole cover and the area around it. The claims were denied. Mr McWilliams told the court that the accident occurred when he was removing plants from the boot of his car. He said he was in immediate pain, and was eventually taken to hospital in Tallaght. He was released from hospital and his ankle was put in a strap. However he complained of ongoing pain and discomfort. Following reviews from an orthopaedic surgeon he was fitted with a plaster cast. Mr McWilliams told the court that his ankle is `still not right` and that suffers from `uncomfortable pain`. `Holistic approach` Because of the nature of his work as an addiction counsellor, Mr McWilliams said that he tried not to take strong pain killers and adopted a more holistic approach to his condition. Under cross examination from Barney Quirke for Eircom, Mr McWilliams denied that the injuries he sustained were his own fault. He told counsel `I don`t go looking for holes.` When Mr McWilliams was asked if he had been involved in 13 to 14 previous personal injuries actions, he said that he may have been involved in 10 or 11 such cases arising out of accidents that `were not my fault`. Mr McWilliams said in response to counsel that it was probable that he brought proceedings out and received compensation arising out of road traffic accidents including ones that occurred in 1990, 1992 when his car was hit by a drunk driver, 1995 and 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001. Over the years, Mr McWilliams said he suffered injuries to his neck, knees, and back. Mr McWilliams said it was probable that he brought proceedings as a result of falling and injuring himself in a neighbour`s driveway in 1991, for which he received around IR£10,000 and for bring a case against a bakery as a result of being allegedly food poisoned at a bakery, and for injuries he sustained while out jogging in 1987. However Mr McWilliams said he could not remember the details of most the actions that the defence had claimed he had been involved in.
long danny (4,403 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 18:15	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
long danny (4,403 Posts)	Fcukers like this lad should be put in the stocks. He would think twice about his claims then. This message has been edited - 12-mar-2010 @ 20:32
westward ho (82 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 18:21	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
westward ho (82 Posts)	Jeez this boyo has some neck.
loughcurraman (1,456 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 19:32	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
loughcurraman (1,456 Posts)	And the gas thing is he is an addiction counsellor. You`d want to be rightly screwed up to seek him out for counselling.
Pog Mahone (9,387 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 19:41	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Pog Mahone (9,387 Posts)	Uncle Albert from OFAH
yankeelad (5,535 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 19:50	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
yankeelad (5,535 Posts)	Originally posted by loughcurraman: And the gas thing is he is an addiction counsellor. You`d want to be rightly screwed up to seek him out for counselling. Is there any wonder we have a major substance abuse problem in this country with councellor`s like this..A good kick up the hole with a hob nail boot would do this tool all the good in the world.
dickvantastic (134 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 20:19	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
dickvantastic (134 Posts)	Originally posted by Pog Mahone: Uncle Albert from OFAH Was thinking the exact same thing, "Are you the same Albert Gladstone Trotter..." Blame the game, not the player. The fact that he still gets treated seriously in the courts says it all in this PC world. He should be told where to go ffs.
Deise go deo (2,494 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 20:57	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Deise go deo (2,494 Posts)	Its pr1cks like this fella that mean we`re paying through the roof for insurance.And it create s so much red tape as companies are afraid of claims and so adopt ridiculous regulations and rules. The courts should be awake to the like of this lad and he shouldnt be taken seriuosly anymore
Yojimbo (13,947 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 21:10	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Yojimbo (13,947 Posts)	The unluckiest man is surely `Rossi` Walsh, ex-Shelbourne player, and self-taught legal eagle, who nearly blew himself up when he was trying to blow a pub up, allegedly, back in the early 90`s The `allegedly` is there because I think I heard him trying to `wriggle` out of the charge in a recent radio programme, even though he was tried and convicted of the crime
joe bloggs (1,069 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 22:52	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
joe bloggs (1,069 Posts)	Originally posted by d**+++vantastic: Was thinking the exact same thing, "Are you the same Albert Gladstone Trotter..." Blame the game, not the player. The fact that he still gets treated seriously in the courts says it all in this PC world. He should be told where to go ffs. An absolute classic
Shoneen O Horlicks (1,185 Posts)	Posted: 12-Mar-2010 23:09	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Shoneen O Horlicks (1,185 Posts)	Originally posted by Yojimbo: The unluckiest man is surely `Rossi` Walsh, ex-Shelbourne player, and self-taught legal eagle, who nearly blew himself up when he was trying to blow a pub up, allegedly, back in the early 90`s The `allegedly` is there because I think I heard him trying to `wriggle` out of the charge in a recent radio programme, even though he was tried and convicted of the crime Surely you meant "ex-Shelbourne player, self-taught legal eagle, and paedo`"
deiseach (5,099 Posts)	Posted: 13-Mar-2010 10:47	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
deiseach (5,099 Posts)	Originally posted by d**+++vantastic: Blame the game, not the player. The fact that he still gets treated seriously in the courts says it all in this PC world. He should be told where to go ffs. I`ll blame both, thanks.
Avondhu abu (1,215 Posts)	Posted: 13-Mar-2010 12:13	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Avondhu abu (1,215 Posts)	Leave the man alone. He has an addiction himself. He`s addicted to suing insurance firms
backintheday (4,619 Posts)	Posted: 13-Mar-2010 12:33	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
backintheday (4,619 Posts)	He has a boy named Sue?
Yojimbo (13,947 Posts)	Posted: 14-Mar-2010 01:13	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Yojimbo (13,947 Posts)	Originally posted by Shoneen O Horlicks: Surely you meant "ex-Shelbourne player, self-taught legal eagle, and paedo`" he`s a paedo, also???
Slowrunner (45 Posts)	Posted: 14-Mar-2010 08:30	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Slowrunner (45 Posts)	I dont blame that man for taking the money its the people that gave it to him I blame
Pog Mahone (9,387 Posts)	Posted: 14-Mar-2010 14:10	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Pog Mahone (9,387 Posts)	Originally posted by Yojimbo: he`s a paedo, also??? A fine footballer, but got really unlucky when he got sucked into that pub that blew up just as he passed by walking his dog, himself and some of his mates were allegedly unfortunate victims of many council/corporation roadworks schemes in the 80’s/early 90’s. Went from being an ODC to a pretty obnoxious s****g with his latest conviction, will see out much of the rest of his life as a pathetic old man in prison.

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