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Rotunda apologises and makes €3.7m interim settlement for boy’s birth injuries
The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has apologised and made an interim settlement of €3.7m for the “shortcomings and failings” in care surrounding the birth of a boy more than a decade ago, the High Court heard.
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Hospital apologises for young mother’s ‘completely preventable’ death from sepsis a week after birth of third child
A hospital has apologised for the “failings in care” for a young mother who died of sepsis on Christmas Day three years ago.
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Woman who suffered severe brain injury following birth of child settles for €10m
A woman who sued a hospital over an alleged delay in diagnosing and treating a viral illness has settled her High Court action for €10 million. The settlement, against St Vincent’s Healthcare Group DAC trading as St Vincent’s University Hospital, was reached without an admission of liability. Leanne Doyle (35), of Glenview Road, WicklowTown, Co […]
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Court of Appeal: HSE fails in bid to dismiss injuries claim arising from plaintiff’s birth 44 years ago
The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to dismiss a plaintiff’s claim for personal injuries arising from the circumstances of her birth.
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€8m interim settlement for Caitlin (9) as hospital apologises for life-changing injuries during her birth
Cork University Maternity Hospital has apologised unreservedly to a nine-year old girl for the life changing injuries caused to her at the time of her birth. The apology was read out in the High Court as Caitlin Twomey settled her legal action with one of the highest interim settlements of €8 million. Damages in the […]
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Boy seeks to have award over injuries during birth trebled to €61m
The HSE has failed in a High Court application to adjourn a significant action by a catastrophically injured boy for orders seeking to treble the value of his special damages claim to €61m. Oran Molloy’s case, in which liability has been admitted, has “fairly far-reaching” implications for similar cases, Patrick Hanratty SC, for the HSE, […]
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High Court action over boy’s birth injuries settled for €18m
National Maternity Hospital apologies to six-year-old Fionn Feely, who has cerebral palsy
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Birth injury claims
What are birth injuries?
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Symphysiotomy: state sanctioned butchering of young women
A “mass medical experiment” that butchered young women, permanently maiming them in the name of Catholic doctrine, the surgical procedure of symphysiotomy was practised in Ireland from 1944-1984.
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Boy settles High Court shoulder injury case for €600,000
A boy who allegedly suffered a shoulder injury at birth has settled a High Court action for €600,000.
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22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth settles High Court action for €11m
A 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth has settled his High Court action for €11 million.
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Seanad: Ireland must offer ‘sincere apology’ to victims of thalidomide drug
Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward called for a revised medical scheme because some of those affected have ‘significant incapacitation, and many don’t know how bad their condition is going to get’.
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