A woman who tripped on a “lumpy humpy” carpet and lacerated her forehead against a radiator, has been awarded €30,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. Ms Earley said Ms Walsh had tripped on an area of “lumpy humpy” carpet in her livingroom in May 2014 and struck her head against a rusty valve on a radiator. Ms Walsh told the court the incident happened shortly after midnight when she was closing a window. The judge paid tribute “to the perspicacity” of Ms Earley in so quickly catching on to the difference in the photographs. Judge O’Sullivan refused a stay on his order to facilitate consideration by the defendants of an appeal to the High Court.

Source: The Irish Times April 19, 2018 15:45 UTC