by Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor | Jun 2, 2017 | Birth Injury Claims, Compensation for Long Term Injuries, Delayed Diagnosis, DePuy Hip Implant Recall, Doctor Negligence Claims, Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Negligence Claims, Incorrect Medication Claims, Medical Incidents, Medical Negligence Claims, State Claims Agency, Surgical Negligence Claims
The State Claims Agency has published a report revealing the most common clinical incidents in Ireland and the cost of settling clinical negligence claims. The report – National Clinical Incidents, Claims and Costs – covers the period between 2010 and...
by Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor | Apr 22, 2015 | Brain Injury Compensation, Children's Injury Claims, Compensation for Long Term Injuries, Delayed Diagnosis, Doctor Negligence Claims, Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Negligence Claims, Medical Negligence Claims
A young boy´s claim for the failure to treat meningitis has been resolved in court with the approval of a €3.7 million interim settlement of compensation. Matthew McGrath was admitted to Wexford General Hospital on 27th May 2004 at the age of 17 months after it was...
by Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor | Mar 5, 2015 | Brain Injury Compensation, Children's Injury Claims, Compensation for Long Term Injuries, Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Negligence Claims
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has been found liable in a hydrocephalus brain injury claim after a hearing at the High Court. Ava Kiernan started displaying the symptoms of hydrocephalus (“water on the brain”) when she was just a few months old. In April 2008...
by Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor | Jun 3, 2014 | Children's Injury Claims, Compensation for Long Term Injuries, Delayed Diagnosis, Doctor Negligence Claims, Failure to Diagnose, Medical Negligence Claims
A County Wicklow teenager´s meningitis medical negligence claim for compensation has been resolved after a High Court hearing at which her settlement of compensation was approved. Laura Kavanagh (18) from Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow had fallen ill on 29...
by Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor | May 13, 2014 | Delayed Diagnosis, Doctor Negligence Claims, Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Death Settlements, Hospital Negligence Claims, Medical Negligence Claims, Wrongful Death Claims
The family of a woman who died from an undiagnosed tumour in her abdomen is to receive €62,500 compensation for the failure to diagnose cancer. Sharon McEneaney (31) from Carrickmacross in County Monaghan died in April 2009 from a cancerous tumour in her abdomen,...
by Eoin P. Campbell, LL.B., Solicitor | May 3, 2014 | Delayed Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, Falling Accident Claims, Hospital Negligence Claims, Medical Negligence Claims, Slips Trips and Falls, Sport Injury Claims
A young woman, whose opportunity to compete in the Special Olympics was denied due to medical negligence, has had her settlement of compensation for a missed knee fracture approved in court. In May 2009, Amy Rose McGowan (now 31) was in training for the Special...
