€60,000 for bus driver who slipped on black ice in apartment block

Man went to work in bus depot but did not know there was blood pouring from him onto the floor. He was brought by ambulance to hospital

Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon found as a fact that the incident involved black ice, as Mr Ahmed had claimed. File picture: iStock

A bus driver who slipped on black ice at the top of a stairway in a common area of his apartment block has been awarded over €60,000 by the High Court against the apartment managers.

Shakur Ahmed, aged 53, Castlegrange Square, Clondalkin, Dublin, fractured his elbow when he fell down an entire flight of stairs as he was leaving for work at 5.15am on November 21, 2016.