Injury Compensation News
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Teenager Awarded 110,000 Euros for Eye Injury
A teenager who sustained an eye injury when his eye was impaled on an exposed milking machine hook is to receive 110,000 Euros in compensation. Mr. Justice...
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...
Irish Farm Fatalities More Than Double in 2010
A report released by the Health and Safety Authority has revealed an increase of 127% in fatal accidents on Irish farms in 2010. The number of deaths in the...
Employers Given Ice Advice by HSA
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has urged employers to ensure the health and safety of their employees and visitors to their premises during cold...
Worker Awarded 7,000 Euro for “Inappropriate” Remarks
The Employment Appeals Tribunal has awarded Pamela McCann of Bellaghy, County Sligo, compensation of over €7,000 "entirely inappropriate" remarks from a male...
Medical Negligence News
High Court Approves 4.7 Million Euro Settlement for Birth Injury
Mr Justice Vivian Lavan has approved in the High Court a €4.7 million plus costs settlement for Colm Daly of Glasheen, County Cork for an alleged medical...
Hospital Negligence Case Settled for 1.65 Million Euro
The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €1.65 million for Charlotte Barry of Sandymount, Dublin, against the National Maternity Hospital. It was...
Hiqa Survey Reveals Dissatisfaction with Healthcare Services in Ireland
A survey by Red C on behalf of the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has found that over 40 percent of Irish people feel that healthcare...
At least 19 Wrong Body Part Operation Errors in HSE Hospitals
Investigative journalists at the Irish Independent have revealed there has been at least 19 wrong body part errrors by surgeons in Health Service Executive...
Medical Professor Slates HSE for Stalinism
Professor John Crown, a consultant oncologist, writing recently in The Irish Independent, said that the HSE and Department of Health and Children together...
Latest Injury News
€37k award for Woman in Sexual Harrassment Case
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded a €37,000 payout to a woman who claim that she was sexually harassed and had felt pressurised to massage...
Former Cemetery Hr Manager Awarded €47,500 in Unfair Dismissal Compensation
An unfair dismissal compensation award of €47,500 has been awarded to a former human resources manager at a cemetery by the Workplace Relations Commission....
Injured Tesco Security Guard Awarded €32,000 for Workplace ‘Victimisation’
A Tesco Security Guard has had a €32,000 workplace bullying compensation pay out ordered due to be paid to him by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)...
Woman Who Fell in Marks & Spencer Settles Personal Injury Compensation Claim
A woman has settled her personal injury claim got a fall in Marks and Spencer after she slipped on an alleged grease like substance in the food hall at the...
Former Supermarket Worker Awarded €105,000 Workplace Compensation for Cold Room Accident
A workplace accident award of €105,000 has been upheld by the Court of Appeal (CoA) for a former part-time supermarket staff member who sustained an injury...
Hospital Neglignce News
Judge Approves Interim 1.35 Million Euros Settlement for Brain Damaged Boy
A 1.35 million Euros interim settlement has been approved in the High Court by Mr. Justice John Quirk in the case of Luke Miggin of Athboy, County Meath, who...
“Inexplicable” Delay Doctor Liable for Birth Injury Damages
In a High Court ruling, consultant obstetrician, Dr. Raymond Howard, was found liable for a 3.75 million euro compensation settlement, previously agreed in...
Brain Damage Girl Waits 17 Years for Compensation
Mr. Justice John Quirke has approved a 4.5 million Euros High Court settlement in the birth injury case of Jessica O´Brien of Fermoy, County Cork, against the...
Psychiatric Patient Receives 150,000 Euro Award after Jumping From Window
The psychiatric patient has received a €150,000 settlement in the High Court for self inflicted leg injuries suffered after jumping a second floor window of...
New Superbug Hits Irish Hospitals
A new superbug called CRE (Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae) has been discovered in Irish hospitals for the first time. The new superbug is potentially...
Multi Party Claims
HSE Issues Apology Following Miscarriage Report
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued a formal apology following the publication of the National Miscarriage Misdiagnosis Review. The inquiry into...
HSE Acknowledges Errors in Gardai Sergeants Death
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued a public apology in the High Court, to the family of a Garda sergeant who died after giving birth to twins at...
Million Euro Award in Tragic Wrong Drug Poisoning Case
The widow of a man who was administered the wrong drug to treat a case of poisoning, has had a compensation settlement of 1 million Euros approved in the High...
Delayed Birth Injuries Compensated after 27 Year Wait
A woman, who developed cerebral palsy after her birth was needlessly delayed in 1984, has secured a 3 million Euro compensation settlement in the High Court....
Rib Negligence Claim Settled
A woman who awoke from surgery to discover her right arm was paralysed, has settled her claim for medical negligence against St. James’s Hospital in Dublin....
Birth Injury News
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