Judge found dance floor of Co Donegal hotel was ‘wet and slippery’ due to spilled drink
A woman has been awarded almost €233,500 in damages over a “significant” wrist injury suffered after she slipped and fell while jiving on the dance floor of a Co Donegal hotel.
The High Court’s Mr Justice John Jordan said Ms Duddy came across as a “very honest, straightforward and credible” witness.Fine Gael senator Martin Conway resigns from parliamentary party after being arrested while intoxicated‘There’s a blurring of boundaries’: Workers and managers on remote working in the civil service
The hotel had said it had an inspection and cleaning system but the judge found there was “no credible evidence” that any proper system for managing the known risks was in operation on the night of the accident. The defendant, he held, did not take reasonable care for the safety of Ms Duddy on the night and failed to comply with its duty under section 3 of the Occupiers Liability Act 1995.
During the case, issues about Ms Duddy having sciatica and osteoporosis were raised. Her evidence was she gets injections twice yearly for osteoporosis, the sciatica is not significant and her left wrist is fine but her right wrist remains painful because it was not a clean break.
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