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Boy (13) settles case over ‘fairly violent’ road collision for €4 million
Child was on holiday in Co Cork from Cayman Islands when hire car driven by father collided with parked vehicle
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Schoolboy (14) awarded €40,000 after accidental scalding by noodles at school
A judge has approved a €40,000 damages settlement offer to a 14-year-old schoolboy who was accidentally scalded as staff at a Dublin school was preparing a noodles lunch for him. Barrister Esther Earley told Judge John O’Connor in the Circuit Civil Court today that boiling water had poured onto the left upper thigh of Stefan Dascalu at St Michael’s […]
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Owners of husky-type dog that attacked boy during hurling training must pay €95,000 compensation
A boy who was attacked by a husky-type dog as he played hurling on a GAA pitch has settled his High Court action for €95,000.
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Insurance firms ‘are laughing’ as lawyers still blamed for high premiums
A senior personal injury lawyer and former president of the Law Society has said insurance firms “are laughing at you all” after a sharp decline in personal injury awards was not matched with a decrease in insurance premiums.
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‘Colossal’ drop in personal injury awards which fall by 42% after new guidelines
PIAB guidelines have ‘immediate and colossal’ impact on insurance payouts
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Autistic girl hit by a train after making her way onto tracks at back of her home awarded €400,000 damages
A young autistic girl who was hit by a train near her home in Tipperary has settled her High Court action for €400,000. Mary Ryan (19) was only nine, and had been diagnosed at an early age with autism and a learning disability, when she made her way through or over a fence at the […]
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Clare woman’s personal injury action allowed despite judge finding she wasn’t in car during crash
It was found during her husband’s own €60k personal injury action from the accident that Ms Sherlock was not in the car at the time
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Legal challenge to guidelines on personal injury awards opens
Woman disputes €3,000 award for footpath trip and fall, seeking between €18,000 and €34,000
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Girl who suffered catastrophic brain injury when she was knocked down by speeding doctor awarded €3m
Ashleigh Carroll was 14 when she was struck by car while walking to school
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PIAB ratchets up fees to offset €3.5m deficit
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is hiking case fees from €600 to €1,000 to reduce the multimillion euro budget deficit at the government body.
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€16,500 for woman who walked into doors at workplace and smashed her front teeth
A woman who walked into doors and smashed her front teeth has been awarded more than €16,500 damages. Information technology executive Roseanna McDonald received the award despite having been held partly responsible for an accident at her former workplace. The case of Ms McDonald led Judge Dara Hayes in the Circuit Civil Court today issuing […]
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Personal injury discount rate updated to -1.5 per cent in Northern Ireland
The personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland has been set to -1.5 per cent following the first review under the new legislative framework established this year.
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