While the crash might only leave an average person with only minor bump on the head, the same collision might leave this plaintiff with a significant skull fracture or other major injury. The Defendants maintained that the Plaintiff had advanced pre-accident osteoarthritis which was temporarily aggravated by the accident, for a maximum period of 24 months. Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, EEA Resident Director Requirement (Ireland), Update on Nervous Shock Claims: Primary and Secondary Victims- An Irish Perspective. In this regard, “the ‘eggshell skull’ rule is a rule both of proximate cause and of damages—the defendant is responsible even though no injury may have been foreseeable and even though the damages incurred were much more extensive than ordinarily would have been foreseeable.” See 2 Stein on Personal Injury Damages Treatise § 11:1 (3d ed. For example, if I threw a tennis ball at force at your head, you might suffer a slight bruise or some discomfort. Attorneys often use the eggshell skull rule when an at-fault driver’s negligence aggravates a victim’s pre-existing injury or condition. The eggshell rule (also thin skull rule or talem qualem rule) is a well-established legal doctrine in common law, used in some tort law systems, with a similar doctrine applicable to criminal law. ?C8B503;@;48B6A<>0345@B83@92C876:<",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j