Dianne Willmore, who passed from mesothelioma in 2009, won a landmark £240,000 case, holding Knowsley Borough Council liable for her asbestos exposure during school. Her case prompted legal and financial ramifications for local authorities nationwide, leading to increased awareness and changes in asbestos-related negligence proceedings.
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
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A four year old boy was left profoundly brain damaged after an operation he had at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin when he was a baby. The hospital yesterday issued an ‘unequivocal, unreserved and heartfelt’ apology at the High Court.
The apology was read as part of a settlement of four-year old Jude Miley’s action. This action involves an interim payment of 3.5 million in order to meet his care needs over the next couple of years. The hospital ‘appreciated and greatly regretted the huge trauma suffered by the family.’
The case will come back before the court in 2018 when Jude’s future care needs will be assessed.
In January 2012 a condition regarding the contour of his diaphragm was diagnosed. This procedure was alleged to be below the required standard of care.
A suture used in an operation to release his diaphragm and help his breathing remained untrimmed and caused damage to a heart muscle. Two days later, he suffered a heart attack and was rushed for life-saving emergency surgery. During the cardiac arrest, his brain was deprived of oxygen and suffered irreversible damage.
Counsel for the Miley family stated that the baby’s heart was being pierced by the suture and his mother (a public health nurse) raised concerns about her son following on from the surgery but these were dismissed as the comments of ‘fussy parents’.. The family were also told that their son would be in a vegetative state after the surgery, but following on from extensive therapies in the UK and USA he is now able to walk, run, talk and eat normally, albeit slowly.
Approving the settlement, Mr Justice Kevin Cross commended the family for their care of their son.
In a statement made by the family outside of the court following on from the result of the settlement the family criticised a ‘lack of honesty and frankness’ on the part of the hospital and said they were led to believe that the catastrophic events that happened after the surgery were ‘simply an unfortunate complication of the operation.’
The parents’ statement concluded by saying that while the legal system worked in favour of their son, what didn’t work for him was ‘the failure of the hospital to engage with us and the legal system in an honest, open and integral fashion. If they had done so, our journey would have been so much easier and Jude rehabilitated far sooner.’
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
Pat Murphy, a 34-year-old father, died after a ruptured artery went undiagnosed at Cork University Hospital. Despite suffering severe chest pains, he faced a nine-hour wait for a CT scan, delayed further by a malfunctioning machine. His family claims this delay contributed to his tragic death.
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