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High Court awards stud employee €86,250 for injuries arising from fall from tractor, after 50% reduction for contributory negligence.
Personal injuries - accident in workplace - fall from tractor - serious injury to left foot - whether door-restraining strut in tractor was defective - contributory negligence - causation - descending from tractor forwards rather than backwards, without being able to keep hold of safety handle - whether employer informed of defect to door of tractor - whether 62-year-old plaintiff would have continued working until the age of 69 or 70 - loss of earnings in the past and in the future.
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