At the High Court a legal action taken by a law student, left with catastrophic injuries when he was hit by a car driven by a disqualified driver who mounted a footpath, has resulted in approval being...
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Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor
School Bathroom Accident leads to €40,000 Compensation Award for Boy
At the High Court a schoolboy who was involved in a school bathroom door accident where he lost the tip of one of his fingers has settled his compensation action for €40,000. Seven year old Conor Bissett had...
€5,000 Unfair Dismissal Award for Bus Driver
€5,000 compensation for unfair dismissal has been awarded to Kenneth Folman, a former Bus Éireann worker who had been dismissed from his position following being disqualified from driving. Despite the WRC...
Bouncy Castle Accident Compensation of €40k for Boy who Broke Elbow in Fall
€40,000 personal injury compensation has been awarded to a boy who broke his left elbow in an accident involving a bouncy castle. The young male, Rean Jay Cabangal, fell from the bouncy castle at the...
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Family Take Legal Action in Relation Kerry Holiday Tragedy
A potential €700,000 holiday fatal accident injury compensation action has been submitted by the family of a woman who died when her pony and trap smashed onto rocks at the Gap of Dunloe. The personal injury...
More Time Needed as Creche Assault Case is Adjourned Until June
Additional time to continue deliberations on a number of outstanding charges in a creche assault case has been requested by the jury in a case where a childcare worker is accused of sexually assaulting four...
School Camp Compensation of €55,000 Awarded to Boy who Cut Knee on Tree Stump
At the High Court a child injury compensation action has been settled for €55,000 for a boy who cut his knee when he fell on a tree stump at a mid-term camp. The accident in question occurred what Diarmuid...
Creche Sexual Assault Trial for 29-Year-Old Man Begins
A childcare employee accused of sexually assaulting four girls in a creche was concerned about children sitting on his knee as he felt it made him “vulnerable to complaints”, his trial has heard. It is...
Compensation Claims Submitted in Relation to 1960s Catholic Church Adoptions in Belfast
At the High Court in Belfast the first of what is predicted to be a number of compensation claims in relation to illegal adoptions arranged by the Catholic Church of children born in the Republic of Ireland,...
Catholic Church Facing Compensation Cases in Relation to Illegal Adoptions
The first of many expected compensation claims in relation to illegal adoptions, arranged by the Catholic Church of children born in the Republic of Ireland, has been registered at the High Court. 148 people...
Facebook & YouTube Moderators Asked to Complete PTSD disclosure
In a somewhat concerning move content moderators for social media platforms, both new hires and existing staff, are being issued with a disclosure statement to complete which states that they are fully aware...
Cinema Accident Compensation of €40,000 for Schoolgirl
At the Circuit Civil Court Tori McDermott Ellis, an eight-year-old schoolgirl from Loughlinstown, has been awarded €40,000 cinema accident compensation in relation to a fall at a Dún Laoghaire cinema in which...
Girl (16) settles for €70,000 after fall on ‘potholed’ lane near home
At the High Court today, a young girl settled her personal injury compensation action for €70,000 in relation to an accident when she chipped her teeth and sustained cuts to her face when, she claims, she...
High Court Action Settled for €135,000 in Favour of Dead Woman’s Family
The family of a woman who was killed in a hit-and-run accident have settled their legal action for €135,000 with the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) at the High Court. The court heard today the driver...
Trauma Caused by Viewing Graphic Content leads to Facebook Worker Compensation Claim
50-year-old Dubliner Chris Gray has filed a legal action to the High Court is Dublin, seeking compensation for the trauma and stress he experienced during the 10 months he was employed by CPL Solutions for...
Facebook Moderator Claim Taken Against Social Media Giant
A former contractor has submitted a Facebook moderator claim against the social media platform's Irish subsidiary in relation to psychological injuries he claims he sustained as a result of the work he was...