Accident prone mum-of-eight wins £95,000 in compensation from SEVEN different car crash claims
Ann Mongans claims her latest incident has left her "unable to wear heels" after exacerbating a back injury
AN accident prone mum says she has received almost £100,000 in damages from seven compensation claims dating back to when she was just seven.
Ann Marie Mongans was most recently awarded £4,300 after her aunt's car "glanced" a bridge while she was sat in the back.
The mum-of-eight claimed the accident meant she was unable to wear high heels.
It is the lowest payout the 37-year-old mum-of-eight, of Clancy Park in Ennis, Co Clare, has received in her long claim history, the reports.
Judge Keys, at Ennis Circuit Court, said aggravation to her pre-existing back injury from the accident “isn’t as severe as she says”.
He said: “I would regard it as quite minor.
“I know that if I am unhappy with evidence, these cases can be thrown out on their face. This is not a case that comes within that category. The injuries sustained were of a minor nature, even though they aggravated her injury.”
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Mongans claimed the crash, which happened at a bridge outside Ennis while her aunt Rose Keenan was driving on May 22 2012, exacerbated a pre-existing injury and she was now anxious being a car passenger.
She told the court: “I try to wear high heels. I can’t wear them for any more than five minutes and I have to take them off.”
Mongans also said that she also has trouble lifting or bathing her kids and doing daily tasks.
Her back was injured in a road accident in November 2011 and received £8,600.
In evidence, Ms Mongans said on impact, the car driven by her aunt “shook and rattled”.
The first police officer on the scene, Brian Jackman, told the court the vehicle had only “glanced” the left of the bridge causing “scrapes on its left hand side”.
He said that as Ms Mongans told him her children in the back seat were “stiff and sore” and possibly injured when the Fire Service, in keeping with safety protocols, cut the roof off the car to remove them.
The May 2012 accident is the seventh accident for which Ms Mongans has received compensation
Aged seven in 1988, Mr Mongans got €13,970 after being knocked down.
In 1998 she was awarded €9,000 as a result of a road traffic accident.
In 1999 she got €7,000 following a road accident in Ennis.
In 2004 she received €11,000 after a road crash at Market Street in Ennis.
In 2006 Ms Mongans got €55,000 as a result of breaking her pelvis and injuring her back injuries in a crash in Ennis.
In 2011 she received €10,000 following a crash in Limerick.
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