Injury Compensation News
Workplace Injury News
Woman Settles Injury Claim for a Trip and Fall in a Creche
A childcare worker has settled her injury claim for a trip and fall in a creche, during a hearing to determine liability at the Circuit Civil Court. The...
Former Dunnes Employee Awarded Compensation for a Head Injury at Work
A former Dunnes Stores employee has been awarded €15,000 compensation for a head injury at work after a hearing of the Circuit Civil Court in Dublin. The...
Check-In Clerk Awarded Compensation for a Manual Lifting Work Injury
A former Ryanair check-in clerk has been awarded compensation for a manual lifting work injury after appealing the dismissal of her claim to the High Court....
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....
Company Fined for Fatal Breach of Health and Safety Laws
A Dublin company has been fined €200,000 for a fatal breach of health and safety laws that resulted in the death of a 32-year-old warehouse supervisor. On...
Medical Negligence News
Judge Resolves Claim for Hospital´s Lack of Care after Birth
A judge has resolved a forty-year-old woman´s claim for a hospital´s lack of care after the birth of her child which resulted in a significant loss of blood...
HSE Admits to Errors in Care at Birth – But Fails to Apologise
The High Court has been told that the HSE should apologise for errors in care at birth that resulted in a young girl suffering from dyskinetic cerebral palsy....
Settlement of Claim for Fatal Hospital Errors Approved at Court
A family from Dromahair in County Sligo have heard the settlement of their claim for fatal hospital errors approved in the High Court following the death of...
New Symphysiotomy Compensation Plan Announced
The Government has proposed a new symphysiotomy compensation plan after its U-turn on extending the Statute of Limitations for women who underwent the...
Interim Payment of Compensation for Cerebral Palsy Approved
A High Court judge has approved an interim payment of cerebral palsy compensation for a 12 year old girl who sustained birth injuries due to the negligence of...
Latest Injury News
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...
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...
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...
$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...
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...
Hospital Neglignce News
Compensation for Missed Knee Fracture Approved in Court
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...
Court Approves Compensation for Delayed Delivery
The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €1.5 million compensation for the delayed delivery of a young girl who now has cerebral palsy due to the...
Judgement Reserved in Test Result Mix-Up Claim
Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon has reserved judgement in a test result mix-up claim for compensation in which a woman was incorrectly told she had the HIV virus....
Judge Resolves Claim for Hospital´s Lack of Care after Birth
A judge has resolved a forty-year-old woman´s claim for a hospital´s lack of care after the birth of her child which resulted in a significant loss of blood...
HSE Admits to Errors in Care at Birth – But Fails to Apologise
The High Court has been told that the HSE should apologise for errors in care at birth that resulted in a young girl suffering from dyskinetic cerebral palsy....
Multi Party Claims
Sanofi Acknowledges Valproate Birth Defect Claims
The drug manufacturer Sanofi has issued a statement acknowledging the valproate birth defect claims being made against the company in a French class action....
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...
Birth Injury News
Interim Settlement of a Cerebral Palsy Claim Approved
An interim settlement of a cerebral palsy claim against the Kerry General Hospital has been approved in court in favour of a three--year-old girl. Skye...
Judge Denies Lump Sum Compensation Settlement
A High Court judge has denied a plaintiff a lump sum compensation settlement, saying that it would be catastrophic if he approved it and the money ran out...
Government Announces New Symphysiotomy Redress Scheme
The government has announced a new symphysiotomy redress scheme to compensate women who underwent symphysiotomy and pubiotomy procedures between the 1940s and...
HSE Investigates Death of Baby Born at Mullingar Hospital
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched an investigation into the death of a baby born at the Mullingar Hospital in County Westmeath in August. A...
Compensation for Teenager´s Birth Injury Approved in Court
A settlement of compensation for a teenager´s birth injury has been approved in court after a judge agreed it would be difficult to prove full liability. Emma...