Grandmother dislocated shoulder at carpark fall

A 72-year-old grandmother who slipped and fell in a supermarket carpark on what she claimed were recently painted ground markings has settled her High Court action.

Mary Parnell, a mother of seven and a grandmother of 18, had claimed she had slipped on the ground lines painted yellow at what was then the Superquinn supermarket in Finglas, Dublin.

The pensioner, from Hillcrest Park, Glasnevin, Dublin had sued the supermarket owners, at the time Superquinn Ltd as well as Limham Ltd which was responsible for carrying out the works at the car park, and Highway Markings Ltd, which painted the ground markings. She dislocated her right shoulder in the November 29, 2011, fall.