by Coleman Legal LLP | Jan 26, 2015 | Personal Injury
Passenger in serious car accident who was aware of driver’s intoxication was contributorily negligent High Court finds the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (“MIBI”) liable to pay 55% of damages awarded to a passenger of a drunk driver involved in a fatal...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Dec 15, 2014 | Medical Negligence
A Placenta is derived from both maternal and foetal tissue with approximately one fifth derived from foetal tissue at term. It comprises a large number of functional units called villi which are branched terminals of the foetal circulation, allowing transfer of...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Dec 8, 2014 | Medical Negligence, Other Categories
INCREASED CLAIMS AGAINST PRIVATE HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS – the cost to them and the residual cost to the public purse The Health Service Executive has indicated that it expects an over-run on costs incurred by the State Claims Agency for 2014 in respect of negligence...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Dec 2, 2014 | Other Categories, Personal Injury
Girl injured at Dublin GAA match awarded €30,000 A 17-year-old student, who injured her right leg on metal railings while attending a GAA football match, has been awarded €30,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. The student had gone to return a ball that had been...
