The Court of Appeal has overturned an award of €158,864 damages to a woman who tripped and fell while crossing a courtyard beside her workplace in Co Sligo.
Giving the three-judge COA judgment yesterday, Mr Justice Brian McGovern said there was “no credible evidence” to support the liability finding of the trial judge.
Geraldine McHugh (66) – now retired from her job as a clerical officer with the Revenue – sued the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the minister for social protection and the State over the accident at Cranmore, Co Sligo, on September 1, 2014.
She alleged concrete pavers in the courtyard were in a dangerous and defective condition and she was caused to trip and fall as a result of that.
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