€60k award over slip on black ice in apartment complex is overturned 

Complainant had sued management company of apartment complex over fall down a flight of stairs after he allegedly slipped on black ice at the top of a stairs in a common area

The Court of Appeal said a claim the management company of the apartment complex had an obligation to grit pedestrian common areas in anticipation of adverse weather would place 'an unreasonably burdensome duty on occupiers' of premises. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

A €60,201 award to a bus driver who allegedly slipped on black ice at the top of a stairs in a common area of his apartment block has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

Shakur Ahmed, 54, of Castlegrange Square, Clondalkin, Dublin, fractured his elbow when he fell down an entire flight of stairs as he was leaving for work at 5.15am on a cold and dark November 21, 2016, morning.