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High Court, in personal injuries proceedings, grants an order for damages in the sum of €25,060 to a plaintiff who suffered psychiatric injury as a direct result of being trapped against her will in an elevator in a shopping centre.
Personal injuries - door malfunction on elevator in shopping centre caused plaintiff to be trapped for period of time - psychiatric injury, depressive symptoms and some symptoms of PTSD - liability not in issue - evidence at trial - trapped for 4 minutes 35 seconds - plaintiff's evidence of approximately 20 minutes - GP prescribed anti-depressants - clinical psychologist later diagnosed an adjustment disorder - gradual improvement over time but plaintiff still exhibits symptoms of anxiety and panic - traits of PTSD - conflicting evidence from defendant's medical expert - CCTV evidence from elevator shown to court - whether plaintiff had an irrational fear of future injury is compensatable - egg-shell skull rule - plaintiff suffered from claustrophobia as a child - no loss of earnings claim - resolution of plaintiff's symptoms in 18 months - significant portion of treatment received and continuing into the future is dealing with underlying pre-exiting problem - plaintiff did suffer psychiatric injuries - €20,000 general damages - €5,060.00 special damages.
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