General Practice Case Studies

CASE SUMMARY Professional Negligence Case – Solicitor Negligence – Statute of Limitations – Medical Negligence case that Solicitor allowed to become Statute Barred FACTS Our Client was the victim of a surgery that went wrong.    A Solicitor was consult …

James McSweeney Solicitors recently secured settlement in the sum of over €82,000.00 for a client who sustained a facial scar as a result of a road traffic accident. The accident occurred some fifteen years ago when our client was a young child.  Our c …

Last month we concluded a case for Grainne who suffered serious physical and psychological injuries as a result of an extremely traumatic and totally unnecessary adverse birth experience.  Settlement was agreed at the last second and just four days bef …

We recently represented Jenny in her six-figure settlement as against a large Dublin maternity hospital arising from injuries suffered during the birth of her son. When Jenny had her 20 week scan it was noted baby was measuring large. This was Jenny’s …

James McSweeney Solicitors settled a case recently against a well-known home store brand.  Our client purchased some folding canvas style stools from the store and when he went to sit on one, it collapsed beneath him.  An engineering inspection deemed …

Our client, in this case, was a lady who while vacationing in Ireland with her husband tripped and fell on a loose carpet in a popular hotel based in Connaught. Unfortunately, this lady fractured her hip in the fall resulting in her having to have emer …

SUMMARY Trip and fall on public footpath – damages – personal injury – contributory negligence – pre-existing conditions – Damages FACTS Our Client was walking on a public footpath under the control of Dublin City Council when she was caused to trip an …

SUMMARY Branded Invisible Braces – inadequate assessment for same — Dentist’s failure to seek expert advice when on-going symptoms warranted it – failure to keep proper and adequate notes – failure to obtain adequately informed consent – constant pain …

James McSweeney Solicitors recently acted for the victim of a delayed diagnosis of breast cancer.  The matter was very hard fought by the  Defendants who appeared to be trying to drag the case out even though there was very clear evidence of negligence …

I have just received a lovely note from a Client who’s case has been completed after a bit of a battle.  She fell over due to an uneven pavement at the exit of her housing estate and suffered a nasty break to her arm and elbow that needed an operation. …

James McSweeney Solicitors recently secured settlement in the sum of €110,000.00 for a client who suffered injuries to her lower back. In summary, our client who was working for a leading Irish supermarket hurt her lower back when she slipped on drips …

A client of James McSweeney Solicitors took a claim against Tesco Ireland situated at Birr Co. Offaly. Our client was walking along a designated pathway that went around the outside of the store and which led to a pedestrian entrance. However, she deci …

A client of James McSweeney solicitors suffered injury when she was at a large outdoor concert in Punchestown. She was walking along a designated roadway when a vehicle being driven by an employee of MCD Promotions struck her left leg resulting in a fr …

SUMMARY Assault in nightclub – stabbing – damages – Personal Injury* FACTS Our Client was a lawful paying customer in the Defendants licensed premises. The Plaintiff and his brother were on the dance floor when the Plaintiff’s brother was confronted by …

Ectopic is the term used when A pregnancy occurs outside the Uterus. The most common form that we come across is an ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian Tube.  If these pregnancies are not discovered they can be life threatening.  Early detection results i …

The official statistics show that problems with the insertion of Intrauterine Contraceptives are very rare.  For example, they say that the instances of perforation of the Uterus are limited to 0 to 2.3 per 1000 insertions.  In spite of this reassuring …

Emma Meagher Solicitor has recently secured settlement of a six figure sum for a young woman who suffered an undiagnosed  3rd degree perineal tear while giving birth to her baby girl. Our clients baby was in the occiput posterior position (baby’s head …