Cemetery caretaker awarded €95,000 after injuring back while emptying bins

Dermot Price, 61, who worked in the Limerick City and County Council-operated cemetery in Castlemungret, Co Limerick, sued the council over two accidents involving his work emptying bins.

A cemetery caretaker who injured his lower back while attempting to empty a rubbish bin has been awarded more than €95,000 by the High Court.

Dermot Price, 61, who worked in the Limerick City and County Council-operated cemetery in Castlemungret, Co Limerick, sued the council over two accidents involving his work emptying bins.