A Co Tipperary woman who claims she slipped on petals on a hotel dance floor, two hours after the bride threw her bouquet at a wedding reception, has settled her High Court action against the hotel.
Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told the case had settled and could be struck out. The details of the settlement are confidential.
Ann White, from Highfield Grove in Clonmel, told the court she was attending the afters of a work colleague's wedding at the Aherlow House Hotel, Co Tipperary in September 2012, when she fell on the dance floor, fracturing her wrist and arm.
The 53-year-old child care worker said there was a "serious scrum" of about 20 "very enthusiastic" women for the bride to throw her bouquet at 12.30am.
A number of hands pulled at the bridal bouquet of pink and white roses and there were petals all over the dance floor.
Ms White said she later got up on the dance floor at about 2.30am and her right foot skidded. She said she looked down and saw rose petals.
She said a friend went to grab her but she had a "massive skid" with the left foot, fell backwards and hit her head off the floor and also heard a crack.
The claimant said she was wearing stilettos, but these were normal heels for her age.
She said she got a shock because the pain was so bad. Ms White could not talk or move her arm and the bride and groom came to her assistance.
She later had to have surgery and told the court her arm was painful every day. She claimed she found it hard to dry her hair or knit for her grandchildren as she used to do.
The hotel had denied the claims and had said it was an unfortunate accident which was not foreseeable.
This morning, Ms White's lawyers told the court the case had been settled and could be struck out.
Mr Justice Cross said he was very glad to hear about the settlement. He congratulated the parties on reaching it.
He said there were a number of issues to be resolved in the action and the case would have gone on for days.
He said when the court made a decision it was open to appeal, which he said considering the scarcity of judges would have taken a long time.
