Judge rejects €12k offer of settlement for girl, 4

A judge refused a €12,500 settlement offer to a four-year-old who will be scarred for life after her hand became trapped in the lift doors at the Convention Centre in Dublin.

Judge Petria McDonnell heard in the Circuit Civil Court that, in November 2011, Juliette Croke was with her aunt and granny at the centre, at Spencer Dock, North Wall, when she suffered a crush injury to her middle and ring fingers, resulting in skin loss to both.

Barrister Noel Cosgrove said the incident had been very traumatic for Juliette, who was just over a year old at the time. She had been taken to a VHI Swiftcare Clinic where her wounds were cleaned and dressed. Her dressings had needed to be changed several times during the following month.