Doctor who suffered eye injury when hit by paintball during stag party sues company

Mr O’Neill told the High Court the safety mask he was given for paintballing had the chin strap missing on one side, a visor that was quite scratched and the mask looked old

Dr John O’Neill claims a mask he was wearing allegedly slipped down his face and within a second a paintball struck him in the eye. Picture: Collins Courts

A doctor at a stag party who suffered a permanent injury to his eye when he was struck by a paintball during a party activity has sued in the High Court.

Consultant in paediatric histopathology John O’Neill claims a mask he was wearing allegedly slipped down his face and within a second a paintball struck him in the eye.