[Article] Man loses case over Dart incident

[Colm Moore]

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Man loses case over Dart incident

A man whose foot slipped into a gap between a moving Dart train and a platform, resulting in the loss of part of his leg, has lost his High Court action for damages. Tim O’Neill (26), a former kitchen porter, Woodbine Close, Raheny, Dublin, had got off the Dart train at Killester with a group of his friends on Halloween night, 2002, when the incident occurred.

He sued Iarnród Éireann alleging negligence. Iarnród Éireann denied the claims and pleaded contributory negligence. In dismissing the action yesterday, Mr Justice Éamon De Valera said the incident could only be explained by Mr O’Neill’s carelessness.