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.
€8m interim settlement for Caitlin (9) as hospital apologises for life-changing injuries during her birth
Cork University Maternity Hospital has apologised unreservedly to a nine-year old girl for the life changing injuries caused to her at the time of her birth.
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.
Economic Loss
Negligence and Economic Loss The courts have been traditionally reluctant to grant compensation for pure economic loss....
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
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
High Court: €33,000 awarded for PTSD injury after plaintiff witnessed murder in service station
The High Court has awarded €33,000 to a plaintiff for psychiatric damage arising out of witnessing a murder at work. The plaintiff argued that her employer had failed to provide her with a mobile panic alarm pursuant to their policy and that this aggravated the plaintiff’s nervous shock reaction.
Senior lawyer calls on High Court to hear test challenge on new personal injury guidelines
The lead case involves a woman from Waterford but the judge didn’t set a trial date due to a lack of judicial resources