A 16-year-old schoolboy who was hit over the head with a steel stool by another student has been awarded €9,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
Ivan Daly, for Daniel Mulligan, Sillogue Park, Ballymun, said the boy had been assaulted initially in the corridor of Trinity comprehensive secondary school, Ballymun, Dublin, in October last year.
Shortly afterwards he had been hit on the head in a classroom with a stool by another student. The blow caused a three-inch cut to the boy’s scalp which required eight stitches.
Mr Daly said Daniel and his fellow pupils were being supervised at the time and there was a possibility the case could be lost on failure to prove negligence.
He said he was happy to recommend the Circuit Civil Court’s approval of a €9,000 settlement offer by the school.
Circuit Civil Court president Mr Justice Matthew Deery directed that €1,000 be paid to Daniel’s mother, Amanda Mulligan, on a once-off basis to buy him a computer and printer for educational purposes.