Nov 20, 2019 | Medical Negligence
A young Co Donegal man who sustained life altering injuries after being hit by a van as he crossed a road in Dublin city centre has settled his High Court action for €9.75million. Joshua Sweeney, now aged 22, is non-verbal, has to use a wheelchair and state of the art...
Nov 13, 2019 | Medical Negligence
Women suffering health complications from vaginal mesh implants have called for an audit of the use of the devices in advance of a meeting with Minister for Health Simon Harris on Monday. Mesh Survivors Ireland, which represents more than 500 women, is seeking greater...
Oct 25, 2019 | Medical Negligence
The family of a Co Kerry man who died of a heart attack during a routine angiogram have secured a €100,000 payment and an apology from a cardiologist under a settlement of their High Court action over his care. The apology was read in court on Wednesday to the family...
Oct 7, 2019 | Injury claims, Medical Negligence
The lead case of up to 100 cases over an alleged link between a human swine-flu vaccine and the sleep disorder narcolepsy is to open on Tuesday at the High Court. The action is brought by a third-level student who claims she developed narcolepsy and cataplexy – a...
Aug 27, 2019 | Medical Negligence
A man who turned up in A&E coughing up blood and having difficulty swallowing has surprised doctors who discovered he had false teeth lodged in his larynx. Doctors deduced that the 72-year-old must have breathed them in during an operation several days earlier in...
Aug 2, 2019 | Medical Negligence
Education Event Dublin 2nd July 2019 The MASIC Foundation was set up in the UK in 2017 to assist mothers suffering from anal sphincter injuries in childbirth. Thankfully, most births are straightforward. When a mother delivers a baby through the birth canal they may...
Jul 17, 2019 | Injury claims
A man who was released on a day pass from a psychiatric unit and later fell from a multi-storey car park has settled his High Court action against the HSE for €7.25m. Andrew Curtin ran from his mother’s car in Limerick city in 2011 and into a multi-storey car...
Jun 24, 2019 | Medical Negligence
A woman who claimed a misdiagnosis was made when she was first taken to hospital – and who two months later collapsed with a stroke – has settled her High Court action for €2.25m. Mother-of-five Bridget Hughes (64) was brought to Tallaght Hospital in...
May 2, 2019 | Medical Negligence
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 and...
Apr 10, 2019 | Medical Negligence
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 before the Trial of...
