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Boy Knocked off bicycle
A young boy who was knocked off his bicycle by a neighbour reversing her car out of her driveway has been awarded €87,000 damages at the High Court.
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Family of man killed by wrong drugs awarded €1m
THE HIGH Court has approved an award of €1 million damages to the family of a man who died after a doctor injected him with the wrong medication to treat a bout of suspected food poisoning. Colm O’Donovan (31), Gloun North, Dunmanway, Co Cork, suffered a heart attack and died on August 7th, 2004, less […]
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Family of man killed by wrong drugs awarded €1m
THE HIGH Court has approved an award of €1 million damages to the family of a man who died after a doctor injected him with the wrong medication to treat a bout of suspected food poisoning.
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Retired Teacher wins €88,000 in Bullying case
A retired Dublin teacher who was subjected to savage and relentless bullying by a school principal has been awarded €88,000 in damages.
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Retired Teacher wins €88,000 in Bullying case
A retired Dublin teacher who was subjected to savage and relentless bullying by a school principal has been awarded €88,000 in damages. The award was given by the High Court. 55-year-old Bridget Sweeney from Donnybrook worked as a resource and home-schooling teacher at Ballinteer Community School in Dublin. She complained of her treatment in 2006 […]
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Developer Awarded €4m after Local Authority “Bungling”
A High Court judge has awarded €4 million damages to a developer over “bungling and ineptitude of a high order” by Meath County Council in granting an effectively unworkable contract in 2006 for a development at Ashbourne.
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Developer Awarded €4m after Local Authority “Bungling”
A High Court judge has awarded €4 million damages to a developer over "bungling and ineptitude of a high order" by Meath County Council in granting an effectively unworkable contract in 2006 for a development at Ashbourne. Mr Justice Peter Kelly today ruled the council, following an "extraordinary tale of error after error" by it, […]
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Sixteen Golden Rules/Hatton Principles
Four Separate Appeals were heard together and reported on under Sutherland v Hatton [2002] EWCA Civ 76 (05 February 2002). The appeals were linked only by subject matter. Employees had been successful in alleging stress against their employers in four separate actions. Three of the appeals were upheld and one was dismissed “not without some hesitation”. […]
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Injuries Board shunned – because the High Court pays out more
In 2004, the year that the InjuriesBoard.ie (previously the Personal Injuries Assessment Board) was first set up, the High Court received 746 filings for personal injury cases. Last year, there were 7,099 new cases filed to the same court – 9.5 times as many. 6,999 cases were lodged in the Circuit Court. All injury claims […]
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€1.3m for Injuries Sustained at Birth
A four-year-old boy has been awarded an interim payment of more than €1.3m in damages against the HSE and a consultant obstetrician for injuries he sustained at his birth. Luke Miggin was born just after 5pm on 28 February 2006 in Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar. His mother’s pregnancy had been normal, but there were signs […]
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€650,000 settlement for toddler’s injuries | {scheme_name}
The High Court has approved a settlement of €650,000 in the case of a toddler who suffered catastrophic brain injuries after he almost drowned while on an outing with a Dublin crèche in 2007. Sean Ross McGowan, who was 21-months-old at the time, was found in a pond after he wandered unnoticed from his group […]
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State dealing with 12 asbestos-related claims
The State is currently dealing with 12 claims from people who say they were exposed to asbestos in publicly-owned properties, the State Claims Agency has confirmed.
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