Prosecution For Insurance Fraud

It has recently been reported that a Dublin man is facing criminal prosecution for giving false and misleading evidence in a personal injuries claim.

Civil Proceedings

The personal injuries hearing took place in the Circuit Court in 2017. It involved four linked cases relating to two separate rear-ending incidents, following which four plaintiffs sued the same driver, the Motor Insurance Board of Ireland and Zurich Insurance Plc., who defended all of the claims.

During the trial it was reported that a number of the parties had close social connections which they had "lied about" in court, and that other third parties who had made claims relating to the accidents were also found to have connections. The judge is reported to have viewed this as being so beyond coincidence as to "push the explanation of coincidence off the cliff" and concluded that the accidents had been planned with the plaintiffs' participation. All four claims were dismissed.