H&M pays out €8.5k for leaving security tag on jeans that left baby screaming in pain

The court heard that the 10-month-old boy’s first Christmas present left him with cuts up his leg

H&M Hennes & Mauritz (Ireland) Limited had upped the settlement figure from €1,500, which was rejected earlier by the court, to €8,500. File picture: AP/Mark Schiefelbein

A 10-month-old boy’s first Christmas present left him screaming in pain, a judge has been told in a personal injury claim against top fashion store H&M.

Barrister Kevin D’Arcy said in the Circuit Civil Court that little Oscar Tarr’s mum had bought her son a pair of jeans to be delivered by Santa on Christmas night 2020.