Injury Compensation News
Workplace Injury News
Work Injury Compensation €40,000 After Garda Squad Car Attack
At the High Court a work injury compensation award of just under €40,000 has been approved for a 36-year-old garda who was attacked by a woman in a squad car....
Refuse Worker Awarded €224,000 Work Injury Compensation
At the High Court a factory worker, who fell to the ground and suffered a severe ankle injury when he attempted to free a trapped bin, has been awarded...
Garda Awarded €4,000 Following Night Club Assault
A Garda has been awarded €4,000 after being assaulted by his girlfriend's brother whom he was restrain with colleagues outside a Letterkenny nightclub. High...
€30k Compensation Awarded to Epileptic Solicitor Denied Request to Work from Home
An epileptic solicitor has been awarded €30,000 from the legal service provider she worked for in relation to its refusal to permit her to work from home. The...
€1,118 Personal Injury Compensation Payout for Woman Mocked because of her Accent
An industrial tribunal has awarded compensation to a woman who was mocked because of her west Belfast accent and also harassed for being female. The incident...
Medical Negligence News
UN Says State should Allow Terminations for Fatal Foetal Abnormalities
The United Nations´ Human Rights Committee has said that Ireland should revise the Eighth Amendment to allow terminations for fatal foetal abnormalities....
Compensation Awards made by the High Court under Attack
A representative of the motor insurance industry has claimed that judges need educating about who pays for compensation awards made by the High Court. The...
Is an Anembryonic Pregnancy Misdiagnosis Medical Negligence in Ireland?
An anembryonic pregnancy misdiagnosis is medical negligence in Ireland but your entitlement to injury compensation will depend on several factors. An...
Health Service Medical Negligence Claims Double in Five Years
According to figures released by the State Claims Agency, health service medical negligence claims against the HSE have almost doubled within the past five...
Claim for the Failure to Treat Meningitis Resolved in Court
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....
Latest Injury News
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....
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...
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...
€8m Road Accident Injury Compensation for Law Student Struck by Car on Footpath
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...
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...
Hospital Neglignce News
Claim for Slipping on Wet Leaves at Work Resolved in Court
A claim for slipping on wet leaves at work has been resolved at the Circuit Civil Court with the award of €25,879 injury compensation to a kitchen assistant....
Compensation Awards made by the High Court under Attack
A representative of the motor insurance industry has claimed that judges need educating about who pays for compensation awards made by the High Court. The...
Is an Anembryonic Pregnancy Misdiagnosis Medical Negligence in Ireland?
An anembryonic pregnancy misdiagnosis is medical negligence in Ireland but your entitlement to injury compensation will depend on several factors. An...
Health Service Medical Negligence Claims Double in Five Years
According to figures released by the State Claims Agency, health service medical negligence claims against the HSE have almost doubled within the past five...
Claim for the Failure to Treat Meningitis Resolved in Court
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....
Multi Party Claims
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Birth Injury News
€60k Caesarean Section Injury Compensation Sought by 15-year-old Boy
A 15-year-old boy who claims that he sustained a wound to his face during when his mother was undergoing a Cesarean section has submitted a €60,000 birth...
Birth Negligence Compensation Action of €60,000 Heard in High Court
A 15-year-old boy who alleges that he sustained a wound to his face during when his mother giving birth to him via Cesarean Section in 2003 has filed a...
€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...
Almost €250m paid in Medical Negligence Claims during 2017
The State Claims Agency (SCA) has revealed that a record figure of €248.88m was paid in medical negligence claims during 2017. This figure is an increase of...
European Medicines Agency Reviewing Use of Epilim
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is currently reviewing the use of Epilim to treat cases of Epilepsy following a number of report that have linked it to...