Boy awarded €20k after falling on glass

DoesNotCompute

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/boys-euro20000-award-after-falling-on-glass-2636649.html

Christ, what a nanny state. I fell on glass too when I was a child, can I get €20,000?????

biko

Schoolboy Christopher Connors leaving court after the hearing yesterday. CourtPix.

A YOUNG schoolboy who fell on glass while playing football has been awarded more than €20,000 damages against a local authority.

Christopher Connors had been playing with his cousin in a laneway near his halting site home in Rathfarnham, Dublin, when the incident happened in October 2009.

Barrister Martin Dully told the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that his client Christopher, of Cherryfield Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin, had fallen on broken glass and lacerated his left wrist and forearm.

Mr Justice Matthew Deery was told that Christopher had suffered a slight tear to a tendon in his forearm, which had to be surgically repaired. South Dublin County Council, which runs the halting site, had agreed to the Personal Injury Assessment Board (PIAB) assessing damages. A figure of €20,000 damages for personal injuries together with €1,206 expenses had been suggested, the court heard.

Scarring

Mr Dully said Christopher had made a good recovery within a short time but had been left with scarring which was still visible on his arm. He considered the offer to be reasonable considering the possibility that Christopher could face liability difficulties.

Judge Deery, approving the offer, said that while there was major scarring on Christopher's forearm he did face a substantial issue on liability.

- Ray Managh

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Dravokivich

How'd the glass get there?

Uriel.

What a ****ing joke. I hate this American-like sue for compensation at every little thing mentality that has creeped into this country in the last 15 years.

It's always someone else's fault.aybe he should have sued his parents from not properly supervising him or for nit explaining the dangers of playing on the street

Padraig Mor

"while there was major scarring on Christopher's forearm he did face a substantial issue on liability"

In other words, it was his own bloody fault! Probably broke the glass himself....

MagicSean

Obviously the council choose from a pool of retarded barristers who can't fight a case. Or they just have no spine. HSE should investigate the parents for neglect.

mconigol

I'm sure there will be somebody along in a few minutes to tell us that it's his right to sue.

landsleaving

mconigol wrote: »

I'm sure there will be somebody along in a few minutes to tell us that it's his right to sue.

It is his right.

It should have been his right to be told to f*ck off as well though.

mconigol

landsleaving wrote: »

It is his right.

It should have been his right to be told to f*ck off as well though.

True. It is his right to sue. I should have said that there would be someone along in a few minutes to tell us he was entitled to compensation.

phasers

I don't understand how this kid had a case. Was the judge drunk?

I should have bloody sued for that time a half empty beer can spilled on my suede shoe.

admiralofthefleet

i fell on railings acting the bollix when i was a child, who do i contact to get compo

landsleaving

mconigol wrote: »

True. It is his right to sue. I should have said that there would be someone along in a few minutes to tell us he was entitled to compensation.

Nah you shouldn't, it's perfectly clear what you meant and the pedantic attitude of people like me needs to be stamped out dammit!

Fukuyama

3 of my friends have all been awarded berween 4 and 14 thousand euros when they went 18 in the last year or so. One guy was doing nick-nacks. He was creeping up the door and the guy opened it to catch him. When the guy was closing the door he went to ring the doorbell as a joke kind-of-thing and ended up getting his thumb broken. His parents sue the poor house owner.

The other kid was running in front of a guy in Dunnes pushing trollies. Him mam didn't tell him to stop. Kids foot gets ran over by the trollies. She sues Dunnes.

Third guy slipped on a glass that had broken on the floor of a pub only seconds earlier and cut his legs. His parents sued.

Cases like these would make me think twice about opening any kind of business that involved a public premises...

mikom

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/boys-euro20000-award-after-falling-on-glass-2636649.html

Christ, what a nanny state. I fell on glass too when I was a child, can I get €20,000?????

You weren't from an ethnic minority with a unique culture though.
And your ould lads name wasn't Blackie.

mconigol

landsleaving wrote: »

Nah you shouldn't, it's perfectly clear what you meant and the pedantic attitude of people like me needs to be stamped out dammit!

Sorry I almost had a bit of a lapse in my righteous indignation there!

Wolfe Tone

cha ching!

UglyBolloxFace

Hmm it appears he is a member of the, em, how do I put this...em....that community.
But that's irrelevent:pac:

stovelid

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

I fell on glass too when I was a child, can I get €20,000?????

Possibly not as the Euro currency may not have existed then.

opinion guy

OK could someone please translate what they mean by 'liabilities' ???

DebDynamite

Who's fault was it?

mikemac

No shortage of hungry young barristers out there looking to make a name.

Council have given it a try. Even if they lost it'd be worth it
It would have been so much higher, there is a cap of 38k in this court afaik

Laneways near halting sites are often full of rubbish and scrap though......

Schism

I have a scar on my leg where I fell on glass when I was small. I didn't get money, I got told to stop crying!

Gimme moneh.

orourkeda

One man one jar should sue

Pdfile

k_mac wrote: »

Obviously the council choose from a pool of retarded barristers who can't fight a case. Or they just have no spine. HSE should investigate the parents for neglect.

agreed but theirs little info in the tabloid above ( or not enough to make assumptions )


meh, it sucks getting a cut when your a kid, streets should be cleaner etc

Chinasea

I'd like to sue now after reading this as I think it has just helped me loose my mind

hatrickpatrick

Council owned site. Maybe this'll teach them to get off their arses and fix things when they need fixing rather than just letting broken stuff just sit there.

stovelid

Schism wrote: »

I have a scar on my leg where I fell on glass when I was small.

Me too. Large scar on my knee from falling on a Coke bottle. It's handy for telling people I was left scarred from a coke pickup that went wrong.

Sofiztikated

feelingstressed wrote: »

No shortage of hungry young barristers out there looking to make a name.

Council have given it a try. Even if they lost it'd be worth it
It would have been so much higher, there is a cap of 38k in this court afaik

Laneways near halting sites are often full of rubbish and scrap though......

Huh, really? Wonder where it comes from.

Me and another young fella found a bunch of florescent tubes when we were young. Cue Star Wars shenanigans. Cut to smash, and the other fellas palm of hand getting badly cut. Mate still can't close his fist completely because of it. We got a clip on the ear for making the adult have to bring him to A&E!

IngazZagni

What's the betting that the broken glass was from someone at the halting site? It's an absolute joke though.
However I remember playing football in herbert park in South Dublin and cutting myself from a brokenn bottle (green glass on green grass). To think I could have got compensation from it. We did tell a warden about it and asked them to be more vigilant for broken bottles on the playing pitches.

mikom

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Mate still can't close his fish completely because of it.

Ye should have stayed away from that plaice.

mconigol

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Council owned site. Maybe this'll teach them to get off their arses and fix things when they need fixing rather than just letting broken stuff just sit there.

Maybe the people living there could keep it clean.

stovelid

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Huh, really? Wonder where it comes from.

Me and another young fella found a bunch of florescent tubes when we were young. Cue Star Wars shenanigans. Cut to smash, and the other fellas palm of hand getting badly cut. Mate still can't close his fish completely because of it. We got a clip on the ear for making the adult have to bring him to A&E!

Fair play to you for being able to make light of it.

dazftw

A friend of mine got something like 72k for losing a bit of his finger when he was a kid. Mad.

TouchingVirus

Ah sure nobody's entitled to a bit of compo then, all of them should cop on...

suicide_circus

Hopefully the local authority will now close this halting site to prevent any similar atrocities?
People who claim compo in cases such as this are scum imo.
If there is clear gross neglect and very serious long lasting damage is done then fair enough. But a kid getting cut on broken glass? Its immoral.

kowloon

I could do with some cash, how much would I get if I slipped and lost a chunk of my liver to alcoholism?

Voodoomelon

Mate of mine had his thumb badly cut when it got squashed between two wheely bins at work. Had a big bandage on it for about 4 weeks. Nail grew back, all is well.

Oh yeh, he got €20,500.

entropi

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i fell on railings acting the bollix when i was a child, who do i contact to get compo

And I got a rusty nail up into one of my feet...send on that contact info if you get it :pac:

Step 1: Smash some empty bottles on the footpath outside your house.

Step 2: Fall over on broken glass.

Step 3: Sue council for not cleaning up the broken glass.

Step 4: Profit!

gerrycollins

Dean0088 wrote: »

3 of my friends have all been awarded berween 4 and 14 thousand euros when they went 18 in the last year or so. One guy was doing nick-nacks. He was creeping up the door and the guy opened it to catch him. When the guy was closing the door he went to ring the doorbell as a joke kind-of-thing and ended up getting his thumb broken. His parents sue the poor house owner.

The other kid was running in front of a guy in Dunnes pushing trollies. Him mam didn't tell him to stop. Kids foot gets ran over by the trollies. She sues Dunnes.

Third guy slipped on a glass that had broken on the floor of a pub only seconds earlier and cut his legs. His parents sued.

Cases like these would make me think twice about opening any kind of business that involved a public premises...

thats why you have public liablity insurance however the council wouldnt have it for open spaces