Man who slipped in hotel denies he was rushing

A retired council worker and farmer who claims he slipped in the foyer of a hotel where he had attended an afternoon tea dance has brought a High Court action for damages.

Benjamin Stanley, who likes to go ballroom dancing, had attended a dancing event at the Castle Arms Hotel, Durrow, Co Laois, and was walking through the foyer later that night when he claims his leg went from under him.

“I did not have a drop of drink taken. I slipped on some matter on the floor,” he told Mr Justice Anthony Barr.