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Workplace Injury News
Injured Bus Driver Awarded 553,000 Euros in Stair Slip Case
A female bus driver, who had to take early retirement due to slipping and falling on the bus company’s stairwell, has been awarded 553,000 Euros in personal...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claim Nets 13,500 Euros
A Tesco’s security guard, who suffered post traumatic stress after being trapped in a lift at their Dundrum Shopping Centre Store in Dublin, has been awarded...
6 Million Euros for Defence Forces Compensation
Internal documents from the Department of Defence have revealed that almost 6 million Euros is being set aside to compensate members of the defence forces in...
80,000 Euros Compensation for Work Facial Injury
A truck driver, who sustained serious facial injuries when he was struck by a steel wedge, has been awarded 80,000 Euros by the High Court. Mr Justice John...
Farm Accidents: Injured Drover to Receive Compensation for Bullock Kick
A cattle drover, who suffered serious injuries after being kicked by a bullock, is to receive damages from his employer after the Supreme Court ruled that the...
Medical Negligence News
Judge Approves 2 Million Euro Compensation for Birth Acquired Cerebral Palsy
Mr. Justice John Quirke has approved a €2 million High Court settlement in the birth injury case of Sean Walsh of Naas, County Kildare, against the The Coombe...
Jury Returns Verdict of Medical Accident
A jury at the coroner’s court returned a verdict of death by “medical accident” in the case of Louise Butler at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick...
Medical Council Clears Doctors of Medical Malpractice for Removing Wrong Kidney
A Medical Council fitness-to-practice committee ruling has attracted significant media comment over the past few days in the case involving the removal of the...
New HSE CEO Can Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims
There has been much commentary in the media about the new Health Services Executive (HSE) chief executive Cathal Magee facing a difficult first year...
Family Awarded 40,000 Euro for Hospital Negligence
A High Court settlement of €40,000 was approved by Mr Justice Michael Peart as compensation for the distressed family of Ms Louise Butler, aged 21, of Cappa...
Latest Injury News
Former Ryanair Cabin Crew Member Awarded €30k Work Injury Compensation
Judge Francis Comerford in the Circuit Civil Court awarded air hostess Laura Albacete, from Manelvidal, Vielha, Spain, €30,000 €30,000 work injury damages...
Former Garda Awarded €9,000 for Injuries Sustained During 2013 Workplace Assault
A former Garda has been awarded just €9,000 workplace accident compensation by a High Court judge for injuries he suffered to his lower back and right leg,...
€1.8m Wrongful Birth Compensation Awarded Following Incorrect Foetus Test Results
The first ever wrongful birth compensation case in the State has been settled for an interim payment of €1.8m after a mother, who suffers from a rare genetic...
Go-Kart Injury Compensation Award of €10k for Schoolgirl
The Circuit Civil Court has awarded €10,000 personal injury compensation against a holiday centre after a 17-year-old schoolgirl's hair became trapped in the...
Compensation Payment to Donegal Widow Under ‘Lost at Sea’ Scheme
A Donegal widow, Winifred Byrne, who had secured the Ombudsman’s support for State compensation over exclusion from a Government scheme has finally been sent...
Hospital Neglignce News
Hospital Negligence Led to Woman’s Death
The family of a woman who died from a heart attack after she was wrongfully discharged from hospital has won their compensation court case and are to receive...
‘Water on the Brain’ Birth Injury Girl Awarded 7 million Euros
A nine-year-old girl, who suffered devastating and permanent injuries due to the alleged failure of her physicians to treat her post natal hydrocephalus...
Failure to Diagnose in Opera Singer Case costs HSE Over 2 Million Euros
Thirty six year old Elaine Lennon was an award-winning opera singer, with a bright future ahead of her both as a singer and as a recently qualified...
Poor Follow Up on Hospital Tests Exposes Hospitals and HSE to Significant Negligence Claims
Dr. Muiris Houston, writing in the Irish Times today, has raised serious concerns about poor follow up on hospital tests. His comments follow a project...
HIV Surgeon Settles after HSE Admission of Screening Failure
A senior surgical registrar, who´s career ended after he contracted the HIV virus from a patient, has settle his claim against the HSE, the State and the...
Multi Party Claims
Judge Assigns Liability in Medical Negligence Case
The tragic tale of Jade Keane hit the national headlines in February this year, when Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill awarded Jade (10) a settlement package of...
“Duty of Candour” May Force Clinical Error Admissions
A member of a High Court working group, commissioned to investigate provision for the victims of catastrophic injury and chaired by Mr Justice John Quirke,...
Wenicke Korsakoff Claim
A woman, who developed Wenicke Korsakoff psychosis after alleged negligence by her surgeon, has settled her claim for medical negligence for an undisclosed...
3.5 Million Cerebral Palsy Compensation for Cork Teenager
A fourteen year old boy, who was starved of oxygen during his birth and now suffers from cerebral palsy, has had a compensation settlement of 3.5 million...
High Court Settlement For Maternity Errors That Cost Mother Her Life
The family of a woman who died from internal bleeding, shortly after giving birth at the National Maternity Hospital, has been awarded almost 2.5 million...
Birth Injury News
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