Compensation for Child´s Leg Injury Approved in Court

A young boy, who sustained a broken leg while playing in a football tournament on council property, is to receive 20,000 Euros in compensation for child´s leg injury after a hearing in Dublin.

Kristin McMahon (11) from Dublin was competing in a football tournament organised by Bradog Youth Services Ltd when the accident occurred in June 2009. While playing on the concrete surface of the Dublin City Council owned fish market site in St. Michan´s Street, Kristin fell and hurt his leg.

Kristin was taken by ambulance to the Children´s University Hospital in temple Street, Dublin, where x-rays showed that he had fractured his tibia. Kristin was fitted with a cast which he had to wear for over a month while the bone healed.

Kristin made a compensation claim for child´s leg injury through his mother, Carol Mooney, against Bradog Youth Services Ltd and Dublin City Council – claiming that the two parties were negligent in staging a football tournament at a venue with such a risk of injury.

The two defendants admitted liability and, in a negotiated settlement, agreed to pay 20,000 Euros in compensation for the child´s leg injury. The compensation settlement was formally approved at Dublin´s Circuit Civil Court by Mr Justice Matthew Deery.