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A judge has rejected an application that he throw out a €60,000 personal injury action by a Co Clare mother before evidence is heard in the case. At Ennis Circuit Court, Jack Nicholas BL made the application to Judge Colin Daly after the judge found that Caroline Sherlock of Carrowgar, Lahinch was not in a car with her family when it crashed into a car being driven by Gaelscoil principal, Deirdre Ui Mhaile at Moy outside Lahinch in 2014. Ms Sherlock has made a personal injury claim against Ms Ui Mhaile arising from the accident and Judge Daly made the finding, that on the balance of probabilities, Ms Sherlock wasn’t in the car at the time when throwing out her husband, John Sherlock’s own €60,000 personal injury claim against Ms Ui Mhaile from the accident. Ms Sherlock was a witness in that case where she was adamant that she was in the car and Judge Daly dismissed John Sherlock’s action …
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