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‘Inappropriate’ for building company to suggest alcohol was a factor in woman’s fall on site – judge
A judge has told a Dublin building company it was entirely inappropriate of them to suggest that a woman, who fell over site works and broke her wrist, had admitted she had been under the influence of alcohol at the time. Judge Kathryn Hutton told Gowna Construction Limited there was no evidence to substantiate its […]
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High Court to assess compensation for couple over wrongful termination of healthy pregnancy
The High Court is to assess compensation in the case over the alleged wrongful termination of a healthy pregnancy as a result of the parents being wrongly advised of a fatal foetal abnormality.
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Caretaker awarded €95,000 for back problem sustained emptying bin
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Boy (11) settles court action for €7.5m after suing Temple Street Children’s Hospital claiming there was a delay in diagnosing a brain tumour
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”]An 11-year-old boy who had sued claiming there was a delay in diagnosing a brain tumour when he was a toddler has settled his High Court action for €7.5m.The boy, who cannot be named
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Woman injured after hotel lift plummeted to ground settles High Court action
Woman, her husband and three family members in lift when it fell three floors
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Settlement of €15m in case of woman injured while passenger in car
A 22-year-old woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a child when she was in a car which crashed while being driven by her father, has settled a High Court action for €15 million.
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Family in falling lift incident at Kerry hotel ‘extremely traumatised’
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More personal injury cases to be heard remotely with new technology
Personal injury cases involving witnesses can now be heard remotely following the roll-out of more advanced technology, the Courts Service of Ireland has announced. There were difficulties with the Pexip platform used for remote hearings since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in cases involving witnesses rather than simply involving affidavits. It was not possible with […]
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PIP implants victims ‘elated’ by compensation win
Thousands of women who were victims of the PIP breast implant scandal should receive compensation, a French appeal court has decided.
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Apology made in €2.5m settlement over ‘deficits in care’ during birth of girl who has cerebral palsy
The HSE and Sligo University Hospital have apologised in the High Court to the family of a five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who had sued
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Some serious injury awards set to increase under new guidelines, analysis reveals
Some awards for more serious injuries will actually increase under new guidelines approved by judges.
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Husband whose wife died of cardiac arrest at work gets €300,000 settlement over allegedly faulty defibrillator
A man has secured a €300,000 settlement against a defibrillator manufacturer and supplier of his action over the death of his wife after she suffered a cardiac arrest in her workplace cafeteria.
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