Margaret Reid suffered injury to her shoulder and neck after a metal container fell from a height
The High Court heard Margaret Reid’s job as an automonomer operator was to run machines that make contact lenses in the injection moulding department.A woman who suffered an injury to her right shoulder and neck as a result of a metal container falling from a height from a defective roller trolley in a contact lens factory has been awarded €275,703.
She told the court she was a busy and active person before the accident but her injuries affected her independence. She had to ask somebody to drive her everywhere as she “drives very little” and also said her physical injuries impacted her mental health. The judge said medical evidence stated it appeared she developed a mechanical musculoskeletal type of injury and, in addition, developed right-sided neuropathic pain for which she required surgery. Complications manifested themselves after the surgery and it transpired that she had vocal cord palsy, affecting her voice.
“Having reviewed the video footage a number of times myself and having heard the evidence as to what the plaintiff told various medics during the period of her injuries, I am satisfied that the plaintiff’s perception of her injuries became flawed and that she over-stated the extent of her injuries in certain important respects,” he said.
It was his view, however, that her perception of her injuries and symptoms became muddled and distorted and this caused her to amplify her symptoms in her mind.
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