€35k damages for broken nose

A 23-year-old design student, whose nose was broken when a box fell while she was working in a “dangerous” stockroom in a Dunnes Stores outlet, has been awarded €35,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Judge Sarah Berkeley said she was satisfied the container system used to stock goods on pallets at Dunnes Stores, Swan Shopping Centre, Rathmines, Dublin, could be described as temporary, as it lacked shelving and racking.

The judge said she was satisfied that Yana Shmatova had only worked in the store for four weeks by November 17, 2013, when a box of cereal packets fell on her nose.