Child left with scars after falling into brambles at school settles for €90k

Judge said the settlement offer for the injuries that the child had suffered was 'very generous'

Noting the Court of Appeal’s reduction of a lesser award in a case involving a scalding injury, the judge said the offer was very good for a case like this and he would approve it.

A child left with facial scars after falling into brambles while playing at her Montessori school has secured €90,000 under a settlement of her High Court action.

Mr Justice Garrett Simons said the settlement offer for Cara Faye O’Brien O'Keeffe, now aged six, seemed “very generous” and he had no hesitation approving it.