€145k for man who severely injured finger playing soccer

A 23-year-old man who suffered a severe injury playing five-a-side football and later had to have most of his middle finger amputated has been awarded €145,000 by the High Court.

Dylan Massey, Mr Justice Anthony Barr said, suffered a “catastrophic degloving injury” to the middle finger of his right hand while retrieving a ball which had become stuck in the netting at the side of an astroturf football pitch.

Degloving injuries occur when a significant amount of skin is removed from a finger.