Family of man left with brain injury after alleged fall on marble stairs at Cork venue awarded €250k

Complainant died two years after fall in June 2018 and his legal action was then taken over by his widow

Engineer John Rooney had been attending a wedding with his wife Penny at the Ballynatray Estate, Youghal, Co Cork, when the accident happened on June 9, 2018, court heard. Picture: Larry Cummins

The family of a man who, it was claimed, allegedly slipped and fell on a marble staircase at a Cork wedding venue and who was later diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury has settled a High Court action for €250,000.

Engineer John Rooney had been attending a wedding with his wife Penny at the Ballynatray Estate, Youghal, Co Cork, when the accident happened on June 9, 2018.