Day 170 - 05 Oct 95 - Page 20


     
     1        decision, but the state of that claim might have some
     2        relevance to its validity.  In other words, if the claim
     3        had been withdrawn, abandoned, or whatever, and it is not
     4        the case that it is still -----
     5
     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not know.
     7
     8   MR. RAMPTON:  It might be of some interest to me.
     9
    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not think I would draw any conclusions
    11        from that one way or the other.  I mean, Miss O'Riordon
    12        says in her own statement that a time came when two
    13        orthopaedic surgeons advised her that the trouble she had
    14        with her wrist was not attributable to the accident.  She
    15        may well have injured her elbow at the time and had medical
    16        opinion which did not make her claim worthwhile to pursue.
    17        It does not help me one way or the other, any more than if
    18        an insurance company decides to pay some money in
    19        settlement it helps me to decide whether it was a good
    20        claim or not.
    21
    22   MR. RAMPTON:  It was just that Mr. Morris seemed to attach some
    23        significance to it.  That is all.
    24
    25   MS. STEEL:   I think the purpose of it was to ask about whether
    26        she had made a statement for the purposes of that.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, very well.  Let it pass in the air.  It
    29        is not going to help me at the end of the day.
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  No re-examination.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you, Mrs. Norris.
    34
    35                        (The witness withdrew)
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  Can I say one thing as a result of that evidence,
    38        that we would like to formally ask for the incident report
    39        form of that accident.
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which one?
    42
    43   MR. MORRIS:  The incident report form filled out after the
    44        accident by ----
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Miss O'Riordon's accident?
    47
    48   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, because it must be a relevant document.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What do you say about that? 
    51 
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I do not say anything -- sorry, I am 
    53        standing here like a lemon.  I quite agree, it probably is
    54        relevant.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think it is.  What I suggest is, see if you
    57        can find it.
    58
    59   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, of course.
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