Woman seen to 'genuflect' before collapsing in shopping centre loses €38k damages claim

Woman claimed she had fallen on a slippery floor surface in the shopping centre in February 2012

CCTV footage showed complainant appeared to gradually collapse as her already painful left knee bent and went from under her as she slowly went down, injuring her healthy right knee, court heard. Picture: iStock

A 44-year-old woman, who was seen on CCTV to “genuflect” before collapsing, has lost a personal injuries claim for €38,000 damages against the Omni Park Shopping Centre and Penneys.

Judge Terence O’Sullivan, after watching a video of the incident, said Beata Mosakowska appeared to gradually collapse as her already painful left knee bent and went from under her as she slowly went down, injuring her healthy right knee.