Injury Compensation News

If your child has been injured in an accident at school, and you wish to make a school accident claim on their behalf, you can do so as a “next friend”. Your school accident claim should take into account any long term effects of your child´s injury, including emotional trauma. You may also be able to recovery any financial costs of seeking medical treatment for your child in your school accident claim and, to ensure you and your child receive your full entitlement to compensation, discuss your school accident claim with an experienced personal injury solicitor.

Schoolboy Injury Compensation of 24,000 Euros Approved

An eight-year-old boy, who lost the tip of his middle finger in an accident at his school, is to receive 24,000 Euros compensation.
Circuit Court president, Mr. Justice Matthew Deery, heard how Benjamin Schonfeld of Clonskeagh, Dublin, was just 6 years of age when he caught his finger in a door jamb at St. Killian’s German School in January 2009.
Benjamin lost approximately 4mm from the tip of his left middle finger, and his injury resulted in a subsequent hooked nail deformity.
Suing the school through his father, Heino, the judge heard that an assessment had been made by the Injuries Board Ireland which both parties accepted.
Approving the assessment of 23,000 Euros with a further 1,041 Euros costs, Mr. Justice Matthew Deery directed the school to pay the settlement into court for Benjamin’s benefit.

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