Two settlements of childcare injury compensation claims have been approved in the High Court following separate cases brought by the parents of children injured in childcare facilities.
The first claim for childcare injury compensation was brought against the Sandy Childcare facility of Dunshaughlin, County Meath, by the father of Ella Rogerson from Navan, who suffered a serious eye injury when she was hit in the face by a jet of water from a hose in June 2010.
Ella´s father alleged that the childcare facility had been negligent and in breach of their duty of care when the accident happened – childcare injury compensation claims that the operators of the facility originally denied.
However, at the High Court in Dublin, Mr Justice Michael Peart heard that an agreement of compensation for an injury in a childcare facility in the amount of €122,000 had been reached and, after hearing the circumstances of Ella´s accident and the injuries she had sustained, the judge approved the settlement.
The second of the childcare injury compensation claims concerned three-year-old Lauren Torpey, who tripped and suffered a deep laceration to her face when she fell against a sharp skirting board at the Giraffe Childcare facility in Harcourt Road, Dublin in June 2011.
Through her mother – Tara Lillywhite of Rathgar, Dublin – Lauren made a claim for childcare injury compensation in which liability for her injuries was accepted by the childcare centre and a settlement of €51,500 was agreed. Mr Justice Michael Peart, who was again sitting, approved the settlement.