4 MILLION EURO SETTLEMENT FROM CRASH CASE INVOLVING MENLOUGH COUPLE

Date Published: 18-Mar-2010

A 25 year-old woman, who is brain damaged and in a wheelchair following a car crash in which her boyfriend was killed, has received 4.25 million euro in a settlement.

Claire Noone from Summerhill in County Meath sued Michael and Margaret Laheen from Menlough, Ballinasloe following the 2005 crash in Enfield County Meath.

Claire Noone was driving near Johnstown, Enfield in Meath in November 2005, when her car was involved in a collision with another car being driven by Michael Laheen.

Ms Noone, who was 21 at the time, was thrown from the car.

Her boyfriend John Larkin who was also in the car was killed instantly.

She's now confined to a wheelchair and will need 24 hour care for the rest of her life.

The court was also told that her projected life expectancy was 63 and today Mr. Justice Quirke approved the settlement for 4.25 million euro.