€950k COMPO FOR HEROIC HURLER

Limerick star Keane suffered severe injuries rescuing trapped colleague

- PAUL NEILAN

FORMER Limerick senior hurler Mark Keane has been awarded almost €950K in damages for injuries he suffered rescuing a colleague during a workplace accident.

Mr Keane had told the court he was "not the man he was, nor the one he hoped to become" due to his injuries and felt "let down" by Johnson & Johnson.

He took his case against Johnson & Johnson Vision care (Ireland) over the incident on September 10, 2018 at their plant in the National Technological Park, Plassey, Co Limerick.

The 43-year-old alleged Johnson & Johnson were negligent and breached their duty of care while he was working as a technician making contact lenses.

Mr Keane's lawyers, HOMS Assist, submitted the incident caused him to suffer sustained, continuous and severe personal injury and PTSD, as well as loss, damage, inconvenience and expense.