McDonald’s damages case fails

A man who sued McDonald’s for compensation for his fractured arm — suffered on a night when he consumed six pints of cider and was involved in a separate incident in which he got a bloody nose — lost his case yesterday.

The High Court heard of evidence given from the plaintiff’s Facebook page in which a friend predicted “you are going to be minted because of McDonald’s”, and to which the plaintiff wrote back: “Ha ha ha ha.”

Jonathan Dineen, of 28 Fairview, South Douglas Rd, Cork, brought the case against McDonald’s on Winthop St, Cork, arising out of an alleged accident on a wet floor in the premises at 3.30am on December 27, 2010, following that night’s St Stephen’s Day celebrations.