Judgment may be given today in a case brought by a carpenter who lost two fingers when his hand was caught in an industrial saw.

A Polish carpenter who had two fingers cut off by an industrial saw during the construction of the Limerick tunnel continues to suffer stress and social anxiety about the disfigurement of his hand, a doctor said at the High Court yesterday.

A carpenter working on the construction of Limerick tunnel in 2008 had two fingers cut off in an industrial saw and yesterday he began a High Court action.