An eight-year-old boy, who lost the tip of his middle finger in an accident at his school, is to receive 24,000 Euros compensation.
Circuit Court president, Mr. Justice Matthew Deery, heard how Benjamin Schonfeld of Clonskeagh, Dublin, was just 6 years of age when he caught his finger in a door jamb at St. Killian’s German School in January 2009.
Benjamin lost approximately 4mm from the tip of his left middle finger, and his injury resulted in a subsequent hooked nail deformity.
Suing the school through his father, Heino, the judge heard that an assessment had been made by the Injuries Board Ireland which both parties accepted.
Approving the assessment of 23,000 Euros with a further 1,041 Euros costs, Mr. Justice Matthew Deery directed the school to pay the settlement into court for Benjamin’s benefit.