Claim for a Bus Accident Personal Injury Resolved in Court

by | Apr 12, 2013

A man, who sued Dublin Bus for an eye injury when a branch shattered the glass window of the bus he was travelling in, has had his claim for a bus accident personal injury resolved in court.

Rafal Kowalski (35), of Castleknock, Dublin, made his claim for bus accident injury compensation following the events of July 2011; when a branch shattered the front top deck window of the Nº 37 bus on which he and his wife were travelling, showering both passengers with glass, dust and tree debris.

Rafal´s wife had been taken to hospital by ambulance, but Rafal – who claimed he took what he believed to be a glass crystal from his right eye a few days after the incident – did not seek medical attention immediately despite alleging that he experienced difficulty with far sighted vision, light change when entering a lighted area from darkness and with night vision generally.

Judge Matthew Deery at the Circuit Court was told that Rafal had later attended the Eye and Ear Hospital where his vision was found to be six over five, which was better than normal vision, although it was conceded by Dublin Bus that Rafal had suffered discomfort from dry eye syndrome for several months following the accident.

Awarding Rafal €8,000 compensation in settlement of his claim for a bus accident personal injury, Judge Deery said that expert evidence did not substantiate the initial claims of vision difficulty. Mrs Kowalski´s claim for bus accident injury compensation is being dealt with separately.

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