A Co Dublin family, already linked to 26 previous personal injury claims, now face a bill for legal costs of up to €150,000 after six separate new claims for damages totalling €360,000 against a motorist were thrown out by a judge.
Frank Gaynor and his wife Sylvia, both aged 60, and four of their family, suspected of seeing “what was coming down the track” at them in their latest cases, failed to appear in the Circuit Civil Court.
Barrister Paul McMorrow told Judge Christopher Callan that none of the six, who allege they suffered whiplash injuries in a rear-ending traffic accident seven years ago, had turned up to advance their cases and had been earlier…