€108k for psychiatric nurse's injuries in fall and car crash

A retired psychiatric nurse who was injured in a car crash four years ago and slipped in a supermarket a few months later was awarded over €100,000 in compensation yesterday.

Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan assessed damages at €20,000 in respect of the road traffic incident and over €88,000 in respect of the fall. This made a total award of over €108,000 to Mary Barry of Westcliffe,Ballincollig, Co Cork, at the High Court sitting in Cork.