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Sleepwalking Parasomnia Lawsuit – Man awarded 10 million Euro

November 18, 2010 by admin

A businessman has been awarded 10m euro damages – the highest libel award in the history of the Irish state – after an incident in which he sleep-walked naked.

Donal Kinsella, 67, from Dunleer, County Louth, took the case against his former employer, Kenmare Resources. The company published a press release insinuating he made inappropriate advances to a colleague in Africa. Mr Kinsella had appeared naked at her bedroom door three times. The incident happened at a meeting in Mozambique in 2007.

The court heard that he had been drinking, taking painkillers and had a habit of sleep-walking and not wearing pyjamas. The company issued a press release in July 2007 which, the court agreed, defamed Mr Kinsella. He sued the company and its chairman, Charles Carvill, who is based in Well Road, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, The press release said he was being asked to resign from the company’s audit committee and referred to an “incident”. An investigation by an independent solicitor on behalf of the company had found there was no conscious attempt on Mr Kinsella’s part to enter the woman’s room and no improper motive in opening her door.

Mr Kinsella was merely sleep-walking.

‘Vindicated’
Lawyers for Mr Kinsella urged the jury to award him big damages, claiming the company had aggravated matters by accusing him of being a liar and a perjurer. Mr Kinsella was awarded 9m euros in damages and 1m euros in aggravated damages.

The award is the highest for defamation in the history of the Irish state.

Source BBC

Filed Under: Articles, Blog Tagged With: insomnia, parasomnia, sleep center, sleep disorders, Sleep Lab, sleep medicine, Sleepwalking, treatment of insomnia

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