by Coleman Legal LLP | Feb 16, 2015 | Medical Negligence
Since the Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme opened for applications from 10 November to 05 December 2014, there remains some debate in relation to its role as an alternative form of redress to litigation through the Courts. One significant aspect to accept...
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...
