Foley v Thermocement Products Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1956 |
| Date | 01 January 1956 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
S.C.
Foley
and
Thermocement Products, Ltd.
Personal injuries -Whether damages awarded by jury excessive and perverse.
In an action for damages for personal injuries it was Held by the Supreme Court (Maguire C.J., Lavery and Kingsmill - Moore JJ., O'Daly J., dissenting) that there was no reasonable proportion between the figure which the Court would give for damages and the sum awarded by the jury and that the verdict should be set aside and a now trial on the issue of damages ordered. Per Lavery J...
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25 cases
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Byrne v Ardenheath Company Ltd
...of general damages, two of the decisions most frequently relied upon are those of Lavery J. in Foley v. Thermocement Products Ltd. [1954] 90 I.L.T.R. 92 and McCarthy J. in Reddy v. Bates [1984] ILRM 197. The former judgment advises that the test to be applied by an appellate court is to dec......
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B.D. v The Minister for Health and Children
...component in the assessment of general damages. See McGrath v Bourne (1876) I.R. 10 C.L. 160; Foley v. Thermocement Products Ltd (1954) 90 I.L.T.R. 92; Rossiter v Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council [2001] 3 I.R. 578; and Kearney v McQuillan (supra). However, correctly understood, if th......
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Holohan v Donohoe
... ... the Court's power to assess damages rather than direct a new trial is Gahan V.Engineering Products Ltd. 1971 I.R. 30 ... That was an appeal by the defendants against a finding of negligence against ... ...
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Carey v Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd
... 1979 IR 149 ADDIS V GRAMOPHONE CO LTD 1909 AC 488 LIVINGSTONE V RAWYARDS COAL CO 1880 5 AC 25 FOLEY V THERMOCEMENT PRODUCTS LTD 1954 90 ILTR 92 MCANARNEY V HANRAHAN 1993 3 IR 492 MCGREGOR ON DAMAGES 15ED PARA 17.18 17.24 19.39 HEDLEY BYRNE V HELLER 1964 AC 465 KENNEDY V ALLIED IRISH BA......
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