A judge at the Circuit Civil Court has approved the €40,000 settlement of a young girl´s claim for a finger injury caused by a pharmacy door.
Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke heard how, in November 2012, six-year-old Julia Roman had severed the end of her finger when it became trapped between the doors of the Doc Morris Pharmacy in Lucan, County Dublin.
The judge was told that immediately after the accident, Julia´s father – Costica – recovered the amputated part of her finger, and rushed his daughter to the Emergency Department of Our Lady´s Children´s Hospital in Crumlin.
Doctors immediately admitted Julia for emergency plastic surgery and were able to reattach the fingertip. Julia had to return to the hospital on several occasions for her finger to be monitored and to have the dressing protecting it changed.
Fortunately Julia – now nine years of age – seems to have suffered no long-term consequences other than a small scar, although she told Mr Justice Raymond Groarke that she had to give up playing the piano after the accident because of pain in her finger.
The judge also heard how Julia´s mother – Elena – had made a claim for a finger injury caused by a pharmacy door against the owners of the store Unicare Pharmacy Ltd and the company that installed the doors – Lovco Cleaning and Building Services of Tallaght in Dublin.
The two defendants admitted liability for Julia´s injury and made an offer of €40,000 to settle the claim for a finger injury caused by a pharmacy door. Judge Groarke approved the settlement after being advised that the family were satisfied with it.