Judge Critical Of €35K Settlement Limit For Death Of Child

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Seven year old Kacper Kacprzak died in an Offaly plane crash in 2018.

A mother of a seven year old boy who died in a plane crash in Offaly has been awarded a a settlement of €35,000.

Kacper Kacprzak was killed along with pilot Niall Bowditch on May 13, 2018.


Shortly after Mr. Bowditch dropped off a group of 16 parachutists, the aircraft went out of control and crashed four-and-a-half kilometres from the Irish Parachute Club at Clonbullogue Airfield.

The Civil Circuit court heard the Cessna crashed heavily nose down into boggy ground causing the deaths of the people on board. 

An inquest had been told their deaths would have been instantaneous.

Judge John O'Connor described the compensation to Kasper's mum Kamila Sliwka, the as "totally inadequate".

The settlement of €35,000 is the statutory maximum amount of damages a court can make in cases involving the death of a child.

The judge offered his deepest sympathy to Kacper’s family for what he described as a dreadful and terrible tragedy.

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