A child, who sustained head and leg injuries when he was thrown from his tricycle following a collision with a car, is to receive 100,000 Euros in tricycle injury compensation after the settlement of his claim was approved in the High Court.
Bartosz Zakrzewski from Birr, County Offaly, was just nine years of age when the accident occurred in July 2010. As he was cycling along An Coran Street in Birr, his tricycle was in collision with a car driven by Caitríona Kelly – also a resident of Birr, County Offaly. Bartosz´s tricycle was hit with such force that the boy was thrown several metres along the ground – suffering head injuries, curs and lacerations to his body as he fell and sustaining a broken leg.
Bartosz made a claim for tricycle injury compensation through his mother – Monika – claiming that Ms Kelly had been driving without due care and attention and in breach of her duty of care. Ms Kelly denied the allegations and – because of the potential value of damages that could be awarded in this case – the claim was scheduled to be heard at Dublin´s High Court.
However, shortly before proceedings at the High Court were due to begin, Ms Justice Mary Irvine heard that an agreement had been reached to settle Bartosz´s claim for tricycle injury compensation in the amount of 100,000 Euros without an admission of liability from Ms Kelly. The judge approved the settlement of Bartosz´s tricycle injury claim, commenting that she had sympathy for both Bartosz´s family and Ms Kelly.