Man who injured leg while painting ceiling in Waterford Starbucks awarded €95k

Complainant claimed while trying to access part of the ceiling to paint it, he fell through a hole in a countertop which had been cut out for a sink and which had been covered with black plastic

Defendant denied the claims and pleaded contributory negligence in that painter Neville Curley had, among other things, failed to watch where he was going and was standing on the countertop without permission. File picture

A painter/decorator who injured his leg while spray painting the ceiling of a Starbucks café has been awarded more than €95,000 by the High Court.

Neville Curley's Midlands Painters and Decorators business was sub-contracted by Summerhill Construction Company Ltd to carry out painting work at the Starbucks in Dungarvan, Co Waterford.