Slightly off topic, but here's a recent local case where a customer took on AXA and lost.....
I wonder what the legal costs will amount to?
Castlegar woman loses claim against insurance company
A Galway woman has lost a case against insurance firm AXA which refused to cover her after her Toyota Landcruiser was stolen.
Mother-of-five, Breege McGath from Polkeen, Castlegar took the case following the theft of her vehicle from her home just before Christmas 2011.
The Judge described her as reckless after hearing that she had left the key to her 4X4 in her handbag in the back of the vehicle.
According to the Irish Examiner, Breege McGath left her handbag with the keys, credit cards and her passport in the back of her car.
She told the Circuit Civil Court that she believed she had locked her car which was parked at the rear of her house, behind locked electronic gates.
Her husband Mike McGath told the court that they had 3 dogs but no-one in the house heard any noise the night of the theft.
Judge Jacqueline Linnane was told that AXA would not insure Ms. McGath claiming she was negligent and reckless with regard to the security of the landcruiser.
The Judge dismissed the 35 thousand euro claim and awarded legal costs to AXA.
