Smoker loses damages claim for fall from Cork hotel bedroom

A High Court judge yesterday dismissed a damages action by a man who sustained injuries after he fell out the third-floor window of a Kinsale hotel.

Mr Justice Bernard Barton said Jason Platt had grossly exaggerated his disability since the fall six years ago so as to maximise his damages.

The Englishman will now face a hefty legal bill after costs were also awarded against him of the eight-day hearing in the High Court.