Boy who broke leg on trampoline awarded €35,000

A seven-year-old schoolboy, whose right leg was broken while he was bouncing on a trampoline at his home, has been awarded €35,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court against Smyths Toys.

Barrister Ivan Daly told the court that in July 2012, Kevin Stokes had been playing on the trampoline bought at Smyths Toys, Fonthill, Clondalkin, Dublin, when his leg went into a gap between the base and the frame.

He had been taken to the emergency department of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, where X-rays revealed that he had suffered a fracture to his tibia and fibula.