Boy who lost tip of finger in school bathroom door awarded €40k

Schoolboy, then five, suffered a complete amputation of the tip of the little finger after it became caught in a bathroom door, court heard

High Court heard the boy had to have two surgeries and his little finger is permanently short. Picture: Billy Higgins

A schoolboy who lost the tip of one of his fingers when it became caught in a bathroom door at school two years ago has settled his High Court action for €40,000.

Conor Bissett, who was five years old at the time, suffered the amputation of the tip of his right little finger. The High Court heard the boy had to have two surgeries and his little finger is permanently short.