Woman who got lost in Ikea after flat-pack fell on her head awarded €60k damages

Ms Tababi said she had lost her job in Apple as an IT technical support worker as a result of her injuries

Hanan Tababi said she was inspecting the label of a small box when a much larger one toppled, knocking her to her knees. Picture: Collins Courts

A Dublin woman who got lost for three hours in Ikea’s huge warehouse at Ballymun after she had been struck on the head by a falling flat-pack, has been awarded €60,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court against the company.

Judge Cormac Quinn said she had suffered both physical and psychiatric injuries for which she was entitled to compensation of €40,000 together with €20,455 for special damages including a year’s loss of earnings.