Family get settlement of €68,000 against HSE over alleged negligence causing mother’s death
The family of a Crossmolina woman who died of sepsis has received a settlement of €68,000 in their action against the HSE over alleged negligence in her treatment.
The CervicalCheck Tribunal: Your Questions Answered
The CervicalCheck Tribunal was set up by the Government to investigate negligence in the State’s cancer screening programme and to assess claims by women affected by the controversy.
High Court Approves Interim Settlement of €3.41 Million After Virtual Mediation
The parents of a 4 year old child with cerebral palsy have welcomed the use of Mediation to help get their daughter the care she needs.
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOSPITALS NEEDS TO IMPROVE, FAMILY CLAIMS
The Limerick city coroner has recommended improved communication between private and public hospitals.
Women’s Health: How Legal Actions Help Improve Outcomes
The current system of addressing Medical Negligence cases in Ireland does not serve the interests of patients, healthcare professionals or the State.
Mediation – a civilised approach in an uncivilised world
Traditionally legal disputes in this country have been fought out in the Courts – for the most part in public and at great cost to the participants. Whilst this form of litigation is not disappearing any time soon, its supremacy is being challenged by a range of alternatives – chief amongst them, arbitration, mediation, and […]
Could COVID-19 drive important changes in the Irish Court System?
The COVID 19 crisis has been massively disruptive to court sittings as it has to many other essential activities. High Court personal injuries sittings have been suspended since mid-March.
‘I am lucky that I’m not profoundly disabled following traumatic birth’
Verbruggen settled a case for a six-year-old girl who suffers with partial paralysis of her left arm & postural difficulty – a condition known as Erb’s palsy – following a difficult birth.
€400,000 for girl, 6, over shoulder injury allegedly suffered at birth
It meant a great deal to our Johan Verbruggen on a personal level, to achieve a fantastic result for little Alice Hayes who like him, suffers from Erb’s palsy, as a result of a traumatic birth.
Man Died From Sepsis After Hip Replacement Surgery, Inquest Finds
A 76-year-old man died from sepsis due to pneumonia in the lungs, which developed after he had hip replacement surgery ..