HIGH COURT proceedings brought on behalf of the family of a Co Galway man who died almost five years after sustaining severe head injuries in a road traffic crash have been settled for more than €400,000.
The family of Darren Brady, a contract cleaner of Derryhoyle Craughwell, Co Galway, had brought High Court action seeking damages for the severe injuries he sustained while he was a passenger in the rear of a commercial vehicle that had no back seats that crashed into a wall.
The crash occurred at Derrydonnell Oranmore, Co Galway, on October 5th 2003. The driver of the vehicle, Joe Finnerty, Derrydonnell, Oranmore, died in the inccident.
Mr Brady, a father of one daughter, was left paralysed and required constant medical care as a result of the injuries he sustained to his brain and skull. Mr Brady died in September 2008 after contracting pneumonia.
Mr Brady, who commenced personal injuries proceedings through his wife Roseanne prior to his death, sued the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Ireland and the Attorney General.
Proceedings were brought against the MIBI, who have undertaken to compensate the victims of road traffic incidents involving uninsured drivers, because it was claimed that Mr Finnerty was not insured to carry Mr Brady in the rear of his car.