Court of Appeal overturns €110k award over ESB employee's slip

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Terence Morgan: ESB employee saw decision on fall overturned by Court of Appeal yesterday. File picture: Collins Courts

A €110,000 award to an ESB employee who slipped and fell on stairs as he was collecting post had been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

The High Court made the award in 2018 to network technician Terence Morgan, 63, who fell on a staircase while collecting post at the ESB offices, Avenue Rd, Dundalk, on April 30, 2013. The ESB denied negligence and contested the case.