The Court of Appeal today confirmed a judgement of the First Hall of the Civil Court which had awarded €87,351 in damages to a schoolboy who was blinded in one eye as a result of a classroom incident in 1994.

The case was instituted by Patrick and Mary Rose Bezzina on behalf of their son Rowland against the Minister for Education.

Rowland, then 13, was injured when he was pushed and hit his face on a door handle in a classroom Guze Galea School in Qormi. The teacher had left class early to carry out other duties.

The court found that the accident would have been avoided if the head of school had instructed another teacher to replace the teacher who was told to leave the class to carry out other duties.

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