Schoolboy who hurt hand in race to swimming pool door settles case for €37.5k

The boy's mother told the court her son suffered a cut to his forearm that extended from the elbow to the wrist.

Alex Hayes Judge was racing to the pool at Tempelogue College, Dublin, when the accident happened as his arm hit the pool door and shattered the glass. File photo: iStock

A schoolboy who hurt his hand when he was racing with friends to the door of a school swimming pool has settled a High Court action for €37,500.

Alex Hayes Judge was racing to the pool at Tempelogue College, Dublin, when the accident happened as his arm hit the pool door and shattered the glass.