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A schoolboy who slipped on the floor of a school canteen 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 (17), from 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 break 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 to his feet by other students. He was taken to Cavan General Hospital. They gave him crutches and released him, but two weeks later, due to ongoing pain, he had an MRI scan that revealed that he had a healing fracture of the neck of the left femur.
The schoolboy spent several days in the hospital and had to undergo surgery 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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