Schoolgirl left scarred from acid splash in school science lab awarded €45,000

The court heard she had suffered a number of acid burns which had left permanent scars on both her legs. 

The court was told Katie had been engaged in a lesson in the school’s science laboratory and while carrying out an experiment a glass cylinder she believed to have been empty had slipped from her grasp, spilling the acid onto both her lower limbs. File picture: Pexels

A judge has approved a €45,000 personal injuries settlement offer for a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was accidentally splashed with sulphuric acid in a science lab.

Judge John O’Connor heard that Katie May Learmouth, who will be 16 at the end of this month, had suffered acid burns to both her legs in the incident just over two years ago.