A plumber, who broke his ankle after tripping over a stray wire at the Dun Loaghaire Golf Club, has been awarded €6,750 in compensation for a broken ankle at work in the Circuit Civil Court.
Barry McGrath from Fingals in Dublin had just finished working at the golf course in May 2010, when he tripped and fell over a stray wire as he went to leave the premises. Barry was taken to the now closed VHI Swiftcare Clinic at Dublin City University, where x-rays revealed a broken left ankle.
Unable to work because of his injury, Barry made a compensation claim for tripping over a wire at work against Cosgraves Developments, the mangers of the site. Cosgraves Developments denied liability; stating the wire was bright blue and easily noticeable.
However, at the Circuit Civil Court, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke found in Barry´s favour, stating that the wire should never have been there and awarded the plumber €6,750 in compensation for a broken ankle at work.