€71k award for woman who fractured knee after slipping on kitchen tiles

A woman who fractured her knee when she slipped on new porcelain tiles on her kitchen floor has been awarded more than €71,000 in the High Court against the tile supplier.

Caroline Ryan, 51, a sales representative from Larkfield Close, Lucan, Dublin, sued KGK Tiles Ltd, which operates the Right Price Tiles franchise in 21 outlets across the country.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross said he had to agree with a description he had heard of the floor tiles being “lethal”. He also said the compensation guidelines by the government body which makes personal injury awards, the Injuries Board, were out of date and, therefore, not relevant in this case.