Nathan Clarke of Ballymun, County Dublin, has been awarded compensation of €40,000 in the High Court in a case against Dublin City Council over alleged failure to clean broken glass from a public foothpath outside his home.
The accident occurred in 2001 when Nathan Clarke was seven years old and resulted in extensive injuries to his left hand that required surgery in Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
The case was taken by Nathan’s father Joseph Clarke, who acted as next friend in the High Court case.
It was alleged in court that Dublin City Council had failed to carry out its statutory duty to keep the foothpath clean and that the council was guilty of nuisance by allowing broken glass to accumulate on the pavement in an area used by children to play