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High Court awards damages of €95,000 to plaintiff who was kicked in the face by a horse during the course of his employment, on the grounds that: the plaintiff's failure to request assistance from another member of the staff contributed no more than 5% to the incident; the accident was foreseeable, and a plan was in place to prevent such an accident; but the defendant failed to implement said plan, which led to the plaintiff sustaining injury.
Personal Injuries - High Court - employee kicked in face by yearling colt during the course of his employment - awarded €95,000 - court found Defendant had failed to implement plan that would have prevented the injury - plaintiff found to have been contributorily negligent in failing to await assistance - measured as having contributed no more than 5% to the accident.
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