Court awards €50k to boy who injured his hand after falling onto glass in council garden

The court hear the boy continues to complain of sensitivity in cold weather and he also has a scar on his hand

Gavin Wall was brought to University Hospital Waterford after he sustained a nasty hand injury when he fell on broken glass. File photo: Denis Minihane.

A boy who cut his hand when he landed on broken glass after he jumped off a wall onto grass in a town council garden has been awarded over €50,000 by the High Court.

Gavin Wall was 10 years of age when he suffered a laceration to his right hand at New Ross Town Council Gardens, Co. Wexford, four years ago.