Soccer Match Injury Results in 100,000 Euros Compensation Payment

A Limerick man, who sustained a broken leg after an assault during a soccer match, is to receive a 100,000 Euros compensation payment in a civil settlement.
Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard how Mr Hooman Reyhani (43) was competing in a six-a-side soccer game organised by the University of Limerick (UL), when he was attacked in an off-the-ball incident by University professor Dr Frederic Royall (53).
In a bizarre incident, described by Judge Carroll Moran as “disgraceful”, Dr Royall punched Mr Reyhani in the face causing a facial laceration and the victim to fall awkwardly – fracturing his leg in two places.
As a result of the assault which occurred in August 2007, Mr Reyhani – a self-employed engineer – has to wear an ankle brace and is house-bound; unable to enjoy simple pleasures such as a walk in the park with his son.
Binding Dr Royall to keep the peace for three years, Judge Carroll Moran heard that the compensation payment of 100,000 Euros had been agreed by the lawyers for both men in the High Court before the criminal case for assault was finalised.