Court Approves Settlement of Medical Negligence Compensation for Failing to...
The High Court has approved a €165,000 settlement of medical negligence compensation for failing to operate in a timely manner in favour of a widower who lost his wife due to delayed surgery. Patrick...
View ArticleAdverse Reaction Compensation Claim to be heard at High Court
A judge has denied an application to dismiss an adverse reaction compensation claim and scheduled it to be heard later this year in the High Court. Mr Justice George Birmingham denied the application...
View ArticleProtocol Suggested to Lower Costs of Making Medical Negligence Claims
A “pre-action protocol” has been suggested by the Medical Protection Society in an attempt to lower the costs of making medical negligence claims in Ireland. As any plaintiff who has considered legal...
View ArticleHigh Court Approves Medical Negligence Compensation for a Mismanaged Birth
The High Court has approved a €2 million interim settlement of medical negligence compensation for a mismanaged birth in favour of a four-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Kevin Dunphy-English was born...
View ArticleBrain Injury Claim against the HSE Heard in Court
A judge has found in favour of a seven-year-old girl after her brain injury claim against the HSE was heard at the High Court. Ava Kiernan suffered brain damage when she was just a few months old due...
View ArticleClaim for Injuries Caused by an Inappropriate Lumbar Puncture Procedure Heard...
The High Court in Dublin has heard details of a claim for injuries caused by an inappropriate lumbar puncture procedure prior to approving a €3.7 million interim settlement of compensation....
View ArticleInterim Settlement Approved in Medical Negligence Claim against Cavan General...
A €2.1 million interim settlement of compensation has been approved at the High Court after a medical negligence claim against Cavan general Hospital was heard. Patrick Brannigan (now seven years of...
View ArticleThousands of X-Rays Reviewed after Radiologist Negligence Revealed
Thousands of x-rays and scans at seven Irish hospitals are being reviewed and patients recalled after concerns were raised about radiologist negligence. The review of x-rays and scans was ordered by...
View ArticleSurge in Compensation Awarded by Dublin High Court
A thirty-four percent rise in the amount of compensation given out in the High Court in Dublin has been observed over a twelve month period, with some industries claiming that this is the fault of...
View ArticleAppeal Upheld High Court Compensation for Cerebral Palsy
A compensation settlement previously awarded by the High Court for a cerebral palsy sufferer has been upheld, despite an appeal, though the case may still need to proceed to the Supreme Court for a...
View ArticleLiability Admitted for Incorrect Cancer Treatment
Shortly before a claim for inappropriate treatment of cancer was to be heard in Dublin’s High Court, the Health Service Executives have admitted liability for the avoidable injuries caused. The...
View ArticleMan Compensated at High Court for Failure to Diagnose Organ Failure
The High Court has approved an interim settlement of compensation for a claim made on behalf of a man who was left in a coma because medics failed to diagnose organ failure During October 2011, an...
View ArticleCourt Awards Compensation for Undiagnosed Spinal Chord Haemorrhage
A woman has been awarded a €2.7 million compensation settlement after her cerebral subarachnoid haemorrhage went undiagnosed. When Paula Dundon, aged forty-two from Brownstone in Co. Kildare, was...
View ArticleSettlement Awarded for Referral Compensation Claim
Dublin’s High Court have approved a final settlement for a compensation claim made after a doctor failed to refer his pregnant patient, who had a notable increase in blood antibody levels. One month...
View ArticleCourt Approves Multi-Million Settlement for Cerebral Palsy
A teenager, who now suffers from cerebral palsy because of a birth injury accident, has been awarded a final settlement worth €5.56 million. Mary Malee was born at the Mayo General Hospital on the 11th...
View ArticleTeenager Awarded Compensation for Birth Injuries
A teenager has been awarded a seven-figure settlement of compensation for severe injuries he sustained because of a delayed birth. On the 6th September 1996, Thomas O’Connor was born at the Sligo...
View ArticleFamily Seek Compensation for Wrongful Death of Relative
The family of a woman who died after an allegedly negligent procedure in a Dublin hospital, have proceeded to make a claim for wrongful death compensation. Susan McGee, aged fifty-two from Rush in Co....
View ArticleParents Compensated for Death of Newborn
A couple have received a five-figure settlement of compensation for the wrongful death of their baby son. On the 20th November 2012, Fiona Watters was admitted to the Cavan General Hospital in...
View ArticleMissed Diagnosis Claim Heard in High Court
The initial hearing for a claim for breast cancer misdiagnosis has been held in Dublin’s High Court. On the 25th November 2011, Eileen Fennessy – a retired schoolteacher from Piltown in Co. Kilkenny –...
View ArticleChild Compensated for Debilitating Birth Injuries
A two year-old boy, who suffered devastating birth injuries because of medical negligence before his birth, has been awarded a €1.75 million settlement of compensation. The claim for compensation was...
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