70 grand payout for not putting coffee Cup lid on properly?

Sheep Shagger

FFS, when will this ridiculous compo culture change...we're all paying for it via higher insurance and restaurant bills (given that sectors insurance is any rocketing).

A boy who allegedly suffered a scald burn to his leg when a hot chocolate drink he ordered on an Aer Lingus flight spilled on him has settled his High Court action for €70,000.

Jason Yonkeu was 12 at the time of the accident on the Nice-Dublin flight nearly two years ago.

The settlement was without an admission of liability.

Jason, of Wellview Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin, through his father Leopold Yonkeu, sued Aer Lingus over the accident on August 8, 2016.

It was claimed when the aircraft was in the air, 40 minutes after taking off from Nice, the boy who was at the window seat beside his father, ordered a hot chocolate.

It was claimed the cabin crew member gave him the drink with a lid attached to the top of the cup as well as portions of milk.

The boy removed the lid to add milk and then replaced it. However as he took a sip of the drink, the liquid spilled in to his lap and in particular the upper right leg.

The boy suffered immediate pain it was claimed and was required in the toilets to remove his clothes to put water on his thigh. He was also given first aid.

The pilot offered to find an alternative landing site but as the aircraft was only an hour away from Dublin it was decided by the boy's family to wait until Dublin.

Once he got to Dublin, he was taken to hospital where it was noted he had sustained a partial thickness scald but he later made a good recovery.

Aer Lingus had denied the claims. Mr Justice Kevin Cross approved the settlement.


https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/boy-12-who-allegedly-suffered-scald-burn-after-spilling-hot-chocolate-during-aer-lingus-flight-awarded-70k-37793772.html

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super_furry

Yeah, yeah, it's a disgrace Joe, shocking so it is.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057953959

Sheep Shagger

super_furry wrote: »

Yeah, yeah, it's a disgrace Joe, shocking so it is.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057953959

Thanks, did a search before posting too

vicwatson

Aer Lingus not liable so paid out 70k

PhiloCypher

Unless he needed skin grafts that's absolute lunacy.

Barcafan11

The fact that they paid out the 70 grand is an admission of liability in itself is it not ??

GreeBo

Barcafan11 wrote: »

The fact that they paid out the 70 grand is an admission of liability in itself is it not ??

No, its specifically not an admission of any liability.