Singer wins a further €1.5 million for catastrophic injury
Elaine Lennon can no longer sing, uses a wheelchair and lost opportunities to become a professional singer or psychologist. …
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Boy (8) gets €65k settlement after his face was left scarred at birth
An eight-year-old boy who allegedly suffered a facial injury at the time of his birth at the Coombe Hospital has settled his High Court action for €65,000. …
Crumlin hospital apologises to parents over death of baby
Parents of Eoin Julian settle High Court action for nervous shock over death of infant …
Donegal man who had leg amputated gets apology from hospital
Retired construction worker sued HSE over care he received at Letterkenny hospital in 2014 …
Woman awarded €140,000 after swab left inside her
Judge finds the trauma that Claire Lalor suffered because of swab was ‘extreme’ …
Boy disabled at birth sues hospital for negligence
A five-year-old boy, who is seriously mentally and physically disabled due to alleged negligence in the circumstances of his birth at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, has sued the hospital for damages in the High Court. …
6.7m interim settlement agreed in baby brain damage case, RTE News reports
Temple Street Children's Hospital has apologised in the High Court to a boy who was brain damaged as a baby because of a failure to diagnose an infection. …
Praveen Halappanavar's medical negligence case against the HSE and Dr Astbury settled out of court in March 2016
The agreement brings an end to the legal actions and medical inquiries launched into Savita Halappanavar's death from blood poisoning, while she was suffering a miscarriage in Galway University Hospital in 2012. Her death shocked Ireland and led to a change in Ireland's abortion laws, and the HSE later apologised for her death. …
Portlaoise hospital apologises for ‘failings’ over death of baby
Medical Negligence claim/ Nervous Shock: Mother of Dylan Franks thought because she had smoked she was responsible …
Claim for damages by husband of Savita Halappanavar listed for March 2016
Praveen Halappanavar’s case against the HSE for damages for medical negligence will be heard on March 10 next year and is expected to run for three days …