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Poke in the eye costs boy sight and school $100k

Published: March 24, 2009

Sunshine Coast student Tynan Williams will receive a $100,000 settlement from the Catholic Church after being poked in the eye with a stick after school at Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, Maroochydore in 2007.

The boy suffered a serious eye injury in the accident which happened while he was playing in the grounds of school, The Sunshine Coast Daily reports.

The then six year old suffered a damaged cornea, had to have a lens replaced with an implant and was left with reduced vision in his right eye.

Documents filed in the Brisbane District Court reportedly claim Tynan was poked in the eye by another boy and the school had failed to adequately supervise students on its grounds after school hours.

The $100,000 awarded for the injuries will be held by the Public Trustee until he turns 18.

The decision handed down by judge Charles Brabazon raises implications for other schools over their duty of care to adequately supervise and protect children in their grounds before and after school hours.

SOURCE

Boy poked in eye, awarded 100k (The Daily)

 

 

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  1. As a teacher for over three decades I was always concerned by the risk of injury or worse occurring on my patch while on duty and having to justify why it occurred-or why I didn't prevent it happening!
    As it is, teachers have to supervise for a period before and after school on top of our task of teaching etc.That period varies from school to school.
    Because both parents work these days, schools have become a sort of child minding facility where parents leave their kids, expecting the teachers to mind them, even as early as 7.30 and as late as 5pm.Teachers have quite enough to do besides being child minders- many have children of their own.
    Maybe the time has come for schools to either employ people to carry out before and after school supervision (an added cost) or simply lock the school grounds and warn parents that any children on the premises before or after hours are not being supervised and indeed are on school grounds without permission!
    I suspect it would take a very brave principal to take either course of action????
    Gavin

    Posted By: Gavin O'Brien

  2. Appeal! This is ridiculous. It was only a matter of pure chance that the poke in the eye occurred on school property rather than in a public park or street.

    Posted By: Ronk

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