Housekeeper loses €60k damages claim against hotel for injured foot

Judge John O’Connor said that while he considered the injury to Ms Prukner’s right foot to have been the result of a genuine accident he was satisfied she had failed to prove negligence against the defendants. Picture: iStock

A forensic engineer has told a judge that he does not consider it necessary for a leading hotel to issue safety shoes to its housekeepers for duties of tidying and preparing rooms for new guests.

Kevin Roche of Donal G. Terry consulting engineers said Mirta Prukner was carrying out a routine task of rolling a glass-topped coffee table back into position when a sharp metal edge of one of the legs had cut through her shoe and injured her foot.