The case against Mr Ottolenghi's company was dropped and the flower arranger was paid damages by his employer, the floristĬontesting his claim for damages, Ms Farthing said 'not in a million years' would she have told him to carry the heavy vase up and down the stairs. He would accompany her as she drove to her clients' premises, including Ottolenghi, replenishing flower displays overnight. The court heard Mr D'Agostino began working for Ms Farthing, 44, of Loughton, Essex, who was a regular in the pub where he worked before it closed in 2014. Judge Lethem said the rookie flower arranger had been told to carry the vase up and downstairs to be emptied, cleaned and filled with six litres of water for display - which was an 'inherently dangerous' thing to do. The former barman initially sued Mr Ottolenghi's company, blaming defective stairs, but dropped the case, and has now won up to £100,000 damages from his former boss, florist Caroline Farthing. Mr D'Agostino, who was left holding his wrist together in the fear that he might bleed to death, had to be rushed to hospital for surgery, he told Judge Christopher Lethem at Central London County Court.
The goldfish bowl-sized vase smashed and the glass shards sliced through the flesh and tendons of his wrist, leaving him pouring with blood in the narrow staircase. Davy D'Agostino is in line for up to six-figure damages after falling on stairs and cutting his wrist on stairs at a central London restaurantĪ flower arranger who suffered horrific injuries when he fell while carrying a vase at Yotam Ottolenghi's Belgravia restaurant is in line to get a compensation payout of up to £100,000.ĭavy D'Agostino, 42, was replenishing flowers at the celebrity chef's Motcomb Street branch when he slipped while carrying the heavy vase up stairs in August 2014.
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