Girl gets €42k for playground fall

A 13-year-old student, who will be scarred for life after she fell on a metal bar in a school playground, has been awarded €42,500 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Girl gets €42k for playground fall

Barrister Ivan Daly told the court that in May 2013, Chloe Byrne was at Scoil Eoin, Greendale Rd, Kilbarrack, Dublin, when she fell against the stump of a metal bar which was sticking out of a rock in the playground.

The court yesterday heard that Chloe, of St Donagh’s Rd, Donaghmede, lacerated her right leg, which had been bleeding heavily.

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