Judge says Carmel Coyne’s personal injuries action against estate of late Cranberries’ singer not straightforward
A civil action over an air rage incident involving the late singer Dolores O’Riordan will be heard in the High Court rather than the Circuit Court. Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/GettyA judge has directed that a civil action over an air rage incident involving the late singer Dolores O’Riordan will be heard in the High Court rather than the Circuit Court, where awards for damages are lower.
Therefore, he added, there was no clear reason for him to exercise his discretion in this case, as requested by the O’Riordan estate, to remit it to the Circuit Court. The maximum award in the Circuit Court for personal injury is €60,000 while the High Court can award much higher sums.
Ms Coyne claims damages for alleged assault, battery, false imprisonment and for breach of her right to privacy and right to earn a living. The defendants deny the claims.On Wednesday, during the call over of the jury list, Thomas Wallace-O’Donnell BL, for the defendants, applied for the case be remitted to Limerick Circuit Court for hearing.