A 60-year-old Dublin man, who badly cut his arm on the sharp edge of a restroom coat hanger, has resolved his Starbucks Ireland person injury compensation claim for an undisclosed sum.
Company director, Chris Kane from Stillorgan in County Dublin, injured his arm while visiting the restroom of the Starbucks restaurant at the Oval in Ballsbridge on 23rd May 2010. While in the restroom, he caught his arm on the unprotected sharp edge of a coat hanger – sustaining a 13cm long laceration of his arm.
First Aid was administered at the restaurant, but Chris attended his GP that same evening as the wound had continued to bleed throughout the afternoon while he was attending a business conference. Despite Chris´ doctor cleaning and dressing the wound professionally, the laceration on Chris´ arm continued to be painful and bleed occasionally throughout the next week.
Chris made a Starbucks Ireland personal injury compensation claim against the restaurant, alleging that they had failed in their duty of care to provide a safe environment for customers and that the standard of First Aid he had received after his accident had been inadequate.
Starbucks Ireland denied liability for Chris´ arm injury and the claim for personal injury compensation against Starbucks was scheduled to be heard before Judge Alan Mahon at the Circuit Civil Court. However, before proceedings were due to commence, the judge heard that Chris had settled his Starbucks Ireland personal injury compensation claim for an undisclosed sum and the case was struck out.