Judge rules injury incurred while carrying out 'very uncomplicated task' was Dunnes Stores worker's 'own fault'

A Dunnes Stores worker who received €31,385 in damages arising from bruising her eye when brushing against a cardboard box has had her award overturned on appeal.

In the incident, Corinne Donnelly hurt her eye when taking t-shirts out of a cardboard box while working at Dunnes Stores’ Harvey’s Quay store in Limerick city on June 14, 2014.