Rachel Prior awarded €64,300 after Dunnes Stores fall

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Rachel Prior was awarded €64,300 in negligence damages by the High Court, reported on 30 June 2016. The case concerned her fall at a Dunnes Stores shop on Henry Street, Limerick, on 6 December 2008.

Mr Justice Anthony Barr found that a shiny floor meant a spillage near the dairy fridge was not readily visible. He accepted that Ms Prior would continue to experience lower back pain, awarded legal costs, and stayed the judgment subject to payments to her and towards those costs.