Foley v Thermocement Products Ltd
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1956 |
Date | 01 January 1956 |
Court | Supreme Court |
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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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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