A woman has claimed she suffered chronic carbon monoxide poisoning due to an alleged oil leak from the turbo charger of her BMW Mini Clubman car, bought new in 2008 for about €45,000 under a hire purchase agreement.
Helen Noble, a solicitor and mother of two, claims she suffered for about a year and a half and underwent medical treatment, including procedures resulting in her being unable to have more children, before the alleged carbon monoxide poisoning was detected.
Ms Noble (40), Kilbally-owen, Aughrim, Co Wicklow, has sued Motor Import Ltd, trading as Frank Keane (Naas Road), BMW (with registered offices in Munich, Germany) and Permanent TSB. The defendants deny liability.
The proceedings were before the High Court yesterday to deal with discovery issues and the court heard Motor Import Ltd had agreed to make discovery of service records related to the car.
Between November 2009 and August 2011, Ms Noble claims she suffered headaches, dizzy spells, exhaustion, blackouts, slurred speech, heart palpitations and anaemia. About July 2011, it was discovered there was “a serious leak of diesel fumes” it is claimed.
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