Corkman settles fall claim for €1m

A 32-year-old man who claims he was left with a brain injury after he tripped and fell in a car park at night has settled his High Court action for €1m.

James O’Sullivan, the High Court heard, fell between 12ft and 20ft down to wasteland after tripping on the base unit of fencing at the the Muddy Hill Car Park in Mallow, Co Cork, over seven years ago.

The care assistant, his counsel told the court, fell over and down almost 20ft to the wasteland below, suffering a head injury,