Update on Nervous Shock
Nervous Shock and Medical Negligence – Germaine v Day Much discussion has arisen following last year’s High Court decision in the case of Germaine -v- Day (1) regarding the duty of care owed by healthcare providers to the relatives of patients. Our Sorcha King looks at what implications, if any, the Germaine case had. […]
International Women’s Day
For International Women’s Day 2025, we are delighted to feature Solicitors, Sorcha King and Mary McNamara, from our Galway office in The Galway Advertiser.
Birth Injury Claims
Birth Injury Claims: What you need to Know about Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) The HSE have launched an external review into the births of 9 babies at Portiuncula University Hospital in Co Galway born between 2023 – 2025. According to reports, 7 of the children born underwent therapeutic brain cooling to reverse the effects of […]
Covid Vaccine & Man’s Death Not Related, Inquest Told
A coroner has returned a narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of a 23-year-old Waterford man, who became ill and died five days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Cork City Coroner Philip Comyn told the family of Roy Butler, from O’Reilly Road in Waterford, that the cause of death was a spontaneous intracerebral […]
€320,000 Settlement after newborn left with chemical-type burn
The High Court has agreed a settlement totaling €320,000 in the lawsuit involving a seven-year-old girl who, as a newborn, suffered a chemical-type burn purportedly due to a wipe left in her incubator at a maternity hospital. During the proceedings, it was disclosed that the wipe, containing a solution of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate, remained unnoticed […]