€5.2m for man severely shocked at work

A 24-year-old man who suffered devastating injuries after he was severely electrically shocked as he worked on a building site, has settled his High Court action for €5.2m damages.

Nicholas Crabbe has been left brain damaged, is in a wheelchair, and has difficulty speaking after the incident at the IDA industrial park outside Dundalk, Co Louth, over five years ago.

Mr Crabbe, of Ventry Rd, Cabra, had, through his mother Pauline, sued his employers AI Read Electrical Company Ltd, Lorcan Grove, Santry; Hydro Excavation (Ireland) Ltd, Castle Buildings, Damastown, Mulhuddart; and the main contractors, Kilwex Ltd, Pacelli House, Pacelli Rd, Naas, Co Kildare.