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Boy with cerebral palsy who sued over circumstances of his birth settles case for record €30m
A 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has settled his High Court action for a record €30m over the circumstances of his birth at a Galway hospital.
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‘Don’t open that’ – Barrister told by judge to stop unrolling chart as he alleges ‘fraud ring’ during compensation case
A judge told a barrister to stop unrolling a chart in the courtroom as the barrister alleged during a road crash compensation case that there was a “significant fraud ring” at work in Clare and Galway.
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Insurers claim spike in PIAB award rejections limit premium cuts
Number of challenges to laws underpinning award guidelines have been launched
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€25 million for man left blind and unable to walk after hospital’s lack of action despite parents’ warnings
Conor McCormack was admitted to Cork University Hospital with a brain shunt problem in 2014
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€56,000 for boy who had two accidents at creche
High Court action against Dublin creche over incidents that happened just months apart is settled
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TikTok user’s €60,000 injury claim thrown out after court sees video of him dancing to ‘It Wasn’t Me’
A sales assistant with thousands of followers on TikTok and YouTube has denied defrauding the Department of Social Welfare out of large sums of money.
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Court of Appeal: Personal injuries award reduced from €155,000 to €83,000 for accident arising from dazzled driver
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal to reduce a general damages award from €155,000 to €95,000 on the basis that the trial judge did not properly assess general damages under the Book of Quantum. Further, the court held that the plaintiff was liable in contributory negligence for his accident and therefore had his total award reduced to €83,000.
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Employer Successfully Defends Mandatory Retirement Age Policy
A mandatory retirement age (MRA) obliges an employee to retire at a particular age. An employer may provide for an MRA explicitly in the employee’s employment contract, or it may be implied into the employment relationship by policy or by custom and practice.
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Economic Loss
Negligence and Economic Loss The courts have been traditionally reluctant to grant compensation for pure economic loss. Recovery for economic loss arising from deliberate and reckless acts was allowed in some circumstances recovery for economic loss which followed as a result of personal injury or property damage has long been allowed in a claim based […]
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Mother (40) got lost in Ikea warehouse after flat-pack hit her on head, court told
A Dublin woman has told a judge that she got lost for three hours in Ikea’s warehouse at Ballymun, Dublin, after being struck on the head by a falling flat-pack.
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Court of Appeal nearly halves damages awarded to Kerry driver in personal injuries case
The appeal by a Cork lorry driver attributed a third of the responsibility for the Ring of Kerry collision to the Kerry motorist
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Challenge to constitutionality of parts of laws that established Judicial Council
Director claims his rights were breached when council voted to introduce personal injuries guidelines which will reduce injuries awards
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