Drover was kicked by bullock at cattle mart

A CATTLE drover who suffered a severe kick to the groin from a Limousin bullock at a cattle mart resulting in significant trauma and injuries is entitled to damages against his employer, Cavan Co-op Mart.

The three-judge Supreme Court found Binnacle Ltd, trading as Cavan Co-op Mart, was two-thirds liable for the injuries suffered by Patrick Lynch, aged 53, a farmer and drover, of Crubany, Co Cavan, while Mr Lynch himself was one-third liable. The case has been sent back to the High Court for assessment of damages.

In separate, concurring judgments, Ms Justice Susan Denham and Mr Justice Nial Fennelly found the employer was vicariously liable for the injuries suffered by Mr Lynch on October 24, 2003 — after he was left doing the work of three drovers as two other drovers had absented themselves for half an hour to do their own business at the mart.