€65,000 award for restaurant burns

A WAITRESS who suffered severe burns to her leg after her clothing caught fire while working in a restaurant has secured more than €65,000 in damages at the High Court.

Mr Justice Vivian Lavan awarded Saara Kalliokoski, 26, e65,300 after being told the flammable material used to keep food warm caught fire on her trousers while she was working at Adare Manor Hotel, Co Limerick.

Ms Kalliokoski, from Finland, with an address at Milford Grange, Castletroy, Limerick, had brought an action for damages against Adare Hotel Ltd, trading as Adare Manor, arising out of an accident that occurred while she was working in the Manor’s Carriagehouse Restaurant on June 5, 2005.