Case Name and Reference:Â Zdenek Hrdlicka v Andrew Best Roof Limited [2016] IE HC 354
Court or Tribunal:Â Â High Court
Jurisdiction/Subject Matter: Assault at work – employer negligence.
Date of Judgment:Â Cross J, 24th June 2016
Background
1. The Plaintiff, while working on site in Naas in October 2013, alleged he had an argument with Z following which he alleged that Z telephoned and threatened to kill him.
2. On 9th December 2013, the Plaintiff attended on site at Monkstown. He had an early morning confrontation with Z and it is alleged that Z threatened him again. The Plaintiff phoned his managing director to tell him and asked to be taken off site. The managing director said that the Plaintiff and Z were on different floors on the site, so he could take his instructions from a different foreman and to telephone him in the event of anything happening.
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