Listowel schoolboy awarded €60k for cutting his hand on broken window during PE

The High Court, sitting in Cork, heard that surgery was required and the injury left a very nasty scar

Surgeon Mr Eoin O’Broin reported that the teenager regained a full range of movement and the long-term prognosis was good. File photo

A Listowel schoolboy who suffered a nasty hand injury during a PE class when his hand was cut on a previously broken window pane has been awarded €60,000 compensation.

The plaintiff’s senior counsel John Lucey said the first year student was playing soccer at the school hall in Listowel when his right hand came in contact with a broken window, injuring it to the extent that surgery was required.