The freak hand injury suffered by the boy when he was just 10 years old sounds very painful.
A Dublin schoolboy has been awarded a compensation payment of €40,000 after a bicycle pump broke in his hand, causing a deep laceration.
The plunger on the end of the pump came away in the child’s hand as he was using it, leaving the metal section to impale his hand.
Dublin Circuit Civil Court was told pump manufacturers Halfords had offered to pay compensation of €40,000, to which the injured boy’s family had agreed.
Cathal O'Hanlon of Ballyshannon Road, Kilmore West, north Dublin, was 10 years old last June when he was using the pump and it came apart in his hand, inflicting the injury.
His barrister Ivan Daly told Judge Raymond Groarke the boy was immediately take to the A&E of Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin.
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While X-rays revealed he had not suffered any broken bones, he was left with a visible scar of 3cm on his hand.
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The court heard the scar was expected to fade over time and that the injury had not caused any permanent restriction of movement to his hand.
Through his mother, Debbie O'Hanlon, he sued manufacturer Halfords Ltd – with an address in the UK - for negligence and for breach of duty.
Mr Daly said when Halfords had made the settlement offer of €40,000 he had recommended Cathal’s family accept it, which they had.
The settlement was the approved by Judge Groarke.
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