A consultant engineer yesterday settled his High Court defamation action against a company of insurance loss adjusters and one of its employees.
Mr Vincent Kelly, of Hettyfield, Douglas, Cork, claimed Mr Joseph Valentine said to him: "You are lying", in the presence of another consultant engineer in December 1992. He took the action against Arnold and Green (Ireland) Ltd, and one of its employees, Mr Valentine.
Yesterday, before the second day of the hearing was due to resume before Mr Justice Kinlen, Mr Ralph Sutton SC, for Mr Kelly, said the matter had been settled and the action could be struck out.