Boy scalded on Ryanair flight awarded €20,000

Ryanair paid €20,000 in damages to a boy who was scalded by hot chocolate on a flight to Spain.

 A judge has approved a €20,000 damages settlement to a 12-year-old schoolboy who suffered scald wounds to his right upper thigh during a Ryanair flight.

Barrister David Richardson, who appeared with Stepaside, Dublin, solicitors Flanagan and Company, told the Circuit Civil Court that hot chocolate had been spilled on Reece Kelly’s leg during a Ryanair flight to Marbella, Spain.