€70k for man over supermarket fall

A man on crutches who slipped and fell on a wet supermarket floor has been awarded €70,000 by the High Court.

Graham Murphy, who is in his 40s, was recovering from complex hip surgery when the incident happened at Dunnes Stores, Redmond Square, Wexford.

Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon said Mr Murphy was entitled to walk around a supermarket such as Dunnes taking the shortest avenue available to him, which on this occasion was near a freezer.