A former waiter at the Slieve Russell Hotel has been giving evidence at the High Court in support of his hotel staff injury claim for compensation.
Robert Miloch, from Ballyconnell, County Cavan, made his claim for hotel staff injury compensation against the Slieve Russell Hotel and its parent company – Quinn Hotels Limited – due to sustaining a back injury while loading trays onto a trolley in April 2010.
The High Court heard that while he was squatting down to replace breakfast trays on a trolley, Mr Miloch heard a crack in his back and suffered a pain from his back going down to his leg. The pain prevented him from walking and he was told by the hotel to go home and see his doctor.
In support of his hotel staff injury claim, Mr Miloch showed the court an MRI scan from the time of the accident, revealing that two discs in his back had crushed a nerve. His injury, he claimed, had resulted in his doctor advising him not to return to work and despite extensive physiotherapy had not improved.
Mr Justice Sean Ryan was told that both the defendants denied their liability for Mr Miloch´s injury and claimed not only that a car accident in which Mr Miloch was involved in later that year could have been responsible for his back injury, but that the injury had been described as “paradoxical” by Mr Miloch´s doctor as his patient could move in one direction but not another.
The case will continue at the High Court.