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A schoolboy who slipped on the floor of the school cafeteria and injured a section of his hip settled his lawsuit in Superior Court for 50,000 euros.
Adam Fay slipped on material believed to have been food that another student had likely dropped during school lunch.
Adam Fay, (age 17) Drumahilla, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, had sued through his mother Jane Gray, St Aidan’s Comprehensive School, Co. Cavan, as a result of the accident during the school lunch on October 24, 2017.
Judge Garrett Simons was told the accident occurred when the boy, who was 14 at the time, slipped while walking across the canteen floor.
The child was said to have slipped due to the presence of harmful material believed to be food thrown on the ground.
The accident occurred at 1:40 p.m. Adam, who was wearing school shoes at the time, was helped by other students to his feet. He was taken to Cavan General Hospital.
They gave him crutches and released him, but two weeks later, due to ongoing pain, he underwent an MRI scan which revealed that he had a healing fracture of the neck of his left femur.
The schoolboy spent several days in the hospital and had to undergo an operation in which three metal screws were inserted. He was also on crutches for about three months after the accident and had to undergo physical therapy.
The boy also had a residual limp for eight months after the accident.
Judge Simons was told that responsibility in the case was admitted.
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