Negligence Claim Against Orthopaedic Surgeon To be Re-Tried
The Court of Appeal has directed a retrial of an action alleging a surgeon was negligent in the post-operative care of a man who claimed he developed leg paralysis and severe pain after spinal surgery.
Article on birth injury discussion on Midwest Radio May 21st
The restrictions on fathers attending at maternity hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions has once again highlighted how the needs and requirements of women while pregnant and giving birth are often overlooked, ignored and unheard.
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 ..
69 year old woman who suffered stroke after being discharged from Sligo Hospital awarded €710,000 lump sum plus €250,000 per year
The family’s solicitor, Roger Murray, said it was a case which was tailor-made for a Periodic Payment Order.
HSE apologises to woman, 69, who suffered stroke after discharge without blood-thinning medication
The HSE has apologised in court to a 69-year old woman who suffered a major stroke after she was discharged from a hospital without her blood-thinning medication.
High Court approves settlement of €710,000 & annual care costs of €250,000 per annum in Periodic Payment Case handled by our Roger Murray, Partner
Mary Moss had continued “unknowingly” for six weeks without her medication, before she had the stroke, the court heard.
€10.5m settlement for boy’s birth injury
The High Court has approved a settlement of €10.5 million in the case of a 12-year-old boy who was brain injured around the time of his birth.
MEDICO LEGAL CONFERENCE 20 SEP 2019: SPORT, MEDICINE & THE LAW
Callan Tansey presented the 3rd Pathways to Progress Medico Legal Conference, ‘Sport, Medicine & The Law’ at Kilronan Castle, Roscommon.
The medical negligence victim turned negligence solicitor
Johan Verbruggen, who has Erb’s palsy, says his parents ‘were told it was their own fault’
Man, 67, died two months after removal or aortic aneurysm
A verdict of medical misadventure was returned at the inquest of a man who had surgery for an aortic aneurysm.