May 11, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A solicitor representing another woman who was diagnosed with cancer after receiving an incorrect smear test result believes the scandal is far broader than just cervical screenings. James McSweeney has called for any review or investigation to take in other...May 1, 2018 | Medical Negligence
Listening with interest to the storm surrounding screening for cervical cancer. We have had lots of media contact for the last few days as, it appears have others. There will be a review but it needs to be more root and branch than is being contemplated. ...Apr 27, 2018 | Medical Negligence
Patients who have had a cancer diagnosis either missed or mishandled may not necessarily have been informed as to that fact by their doctor, it has emerged. The fallout of the case of Vicky Phelan, a Limerick mother-of-two who had her cervical cancer misdiagnosed...Apr 26, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A 43-year-old mother of two who has terminal cervical cancer has launched a High Court action after it emerged the result of a smear test seven years ago – which showed no abnormalities – was later found to be incorrect. Vicky Phelan’s counsel told...Apr 5, 2018 | Injury claims
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 a gang...Mar 12, 2018 | Injury claims
A teenage boy who was knocked down in a hit-and-run as he walked across a pedestrian crossing in Tallaght, Dublin, has settled his legal action for €50,000. Aaron Ryan, then aged 13, was lawfully crossing at the pedestrian crossing on Fortunestown Road, Tallaght, on...Feb 8, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A child with mild cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at South Tipperary General Hospital has settled part of his action for €675,000. The €675,000 sum for Billy Tobin, now aged five, from outside Clonmel, Co Tipperary, is for his past and...
