Girl, 15, loses €60k damages case over burns from soup spill

A 15-year-old schoolgirl, who suffered second-degree burns when she spilt soup on herself, has lost a €60,000 damages claim against a Dublin restaurant.

Judge Jacqueline Linnane, as well as dismissing Cora Byrne’s claim for damages, awarded costs of the unsuccessful case against her mother Samantha Byrne, who had taken the proceedings on her daughter’s behalf.

Samantha Byrne, of Allingham St, Pimlico, Dublin 8, told the Circuit Civil Court she and three family members had visited Ann’s Bakery, Mary St, Dublin, while out shopping on in July 2014.