A €5m Birth Injury Compensation settlement for a 14-year old boy has been approved in High Court in relation to the circumstances of his birth at Sligo General Hospital. The boy Conor Maxwell was represented...
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Delayed Delivery Compensation Settlement Approved in Court
A final delayed delivery compensation settlement has been approved in the High Court in favour of a sixteen-year-old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy. Mary Malee was born at the Mayo General Hospital on...
Workplace Accident that Smashed Woman’s Front Teeth Results in €16,500 Compensation Award
After a workplace accident involved a collision with a door that smashed fours of her front teeth, IT worker Roseanna MacDonald has been awarded more than €16,500 personal injury compensation at the Circuit...
Birth Injury Compensation of for Boy who Sustained Cheek Injury During Delivery at Rotunda Hospital
Four-year-old Jake O'Connor, who sustained an injury to his cheek when he was being delivered at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin, has had his High Court compensation action settled for €45,000 After...
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Homeless Man Involved in Bus Accident Awarded €2m Compensation
At the High Court €2m bus accident compensation settlement has been awarded to a homeless man who was left in a paralysed from the waist down. The accident that occurred in Dublin during October 2014, left...
€80,000 for Boy (8) Left Scarred after Attack by Grandmother’s Dog
A High Court personal injury claim action has been settled for €80,000 in favour of a young boy who was attacked by his grandmother’s dog when he was playing with his cousins in her garden. Judge Justice...
Publicians take FBD Insurance to Court over Refusal to Pay Business Interruption Compensation
The Commercial Court has heard arguments that the basis of the claims by Insurance company FBD that it is not obliged to paying publicans’ business interruption compensation due to the impact of the the...
Footgolf Injury Sees Man Awarded €16,000 Personal Injury Compensation
A foot injury that was sustained in a accident with a concealed metal spike has resulted in a amatuer goalkeeper being awarded €16,000 personal injury compensation. Stuart O'Dwyer of Glenhill Avenue, Finglas,...
Shop Pastry Compensation Settlement for Leitrim Woman
A personal injury settlement agreement has been reached, compensating Olive Harte Lynch for the injuries she sustained after falling on a discarded muffin in a Londis shop resulting in her allegedly becoming...
Cork City Fall Compensation of €11,000 Awarded to Woman
A woman with a history of unfortunate accidents involving bad falls has been awarded €11,000 in relation to the injuries sustained in a fall at the junction of Lagan Grove and Shannon Lawn in Mayfield on...
Roundup Compensation Claims to Be Settled as Bayer Agrees to Pay $10.9bn
In the US German drugs and pesticides maker Bayer has agreed to pay as much as $10.9bn to settle thousands of legal actions that were taken as, it was claimed, the use of the weedkiller Roundup was leading to...
$10.9bn Roundup Compensation Settlement Agreed by Bayer
Bayer, the German drugs and pesticides maker which purchased Monsanto during 2018, has agreed to pay as much as $10.9bn to settle thousands of US-based legal actions taken in relation to users of weed killer...
Axa Commit to Paying Restaurant Compensation Following French Court Ruling
A Paris court ruling last month resulted in insurance company Axa making the decision that it would paying out most of the business interruption compensation claims from a number restaurant proprietors. The...
Scouting Ireland Fear Legal Compensation Claims due to Child Abuse as early as 2018
It has been reported that the Scouting Ireland organisation, which was rocked last week with the publication of a damning report that revealed a systematic failure to prevent child abuse and protect its...
HSE Faces Possible Medical Negligence Actions in relation to COVID-19 Transfers to Care Homes
It has emerged that the Health Service Executive (HSE) may have to deal with multiple medical negligence compensation claims in relation to the transfer of patients from hospitals to nursing homes during the...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Compensation Award of €87,000 for Woman Involved in Car Crash
A compensation award of €87,000 has been approved for a woman who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after she witnessed the partly decapitated body of a motorist involved in a bus crash. Lisa...