Michael and Kevin Corbett

Cork, Ireland: (May-09-07) The father of Adrian Moynihan, a 23-year-old man who died after being dragged inside the door of the club by staff and pushed to the ground, filed suit against Michael and Kevin Corbett, owners and licensees of Sidetrax on Cork's Grafton Street. The suit claimed that Moynihan died because of negligence in monitoring staff behavior. CCTV footing showed that Moynihan, an apprentice plasterer, and his friend Daragh Forde went for a few drinks and arrived outside Sidetrax at just past midnight. They were not allowed admission; one of the staff said or did something to provoke Moynihan, who was seen to hit him on the face. Four of the staff were seen grabbing Moynihan and dragging him towards a door used as an exit. The doors were burst open and he was dragged inside, being held around the neck, and pushed to the ground. When he was taken to the hospital, he was pronounced dead. In a settlement reached, Michael and Kevin Corbett, admitted liability in negligence in the High Court and agreed to carry out the judge's order of compensating the family with a significant six figure sum. The judge also made an order of €25,400 against the defendants for the distress caused to the family, the maximum allowed in a civil action. [IRISH EXAMINER: BAR FIGHT DEATH]

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Published on May-11-07