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Decision has potentially huge implications for claimants, lawyers, insurers and the State A judge will rule on Thursday on the lead case challenging the constitutionality of the law under which judges drafted and approved new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries by up to 50 per cent. The outcome of the case against the […]

A 70-year-old man who was catastrophically injured three years ago after he was knocked down by a drunk driver while on holidays in Malta has settled his High Court action for just over €3 million. David Cooley from Youghal in Co Cork, was struck by a car on the first night of his holiday in

A woman who claimed she injured her buttock, back and abdomen when she hit the ground, having fallen from a defective chair in Supermacs, has won her case for damages despite CCTV showing she did not impact the ground during the incident. Pamela Dudgeon, (57) of Woodlands Grove, Coosan Road, Athlone, Co Westmeath, was awarded

A glass factory worker who sustained injuries to his lower limbs in a work accident has been awarded €120,000 by the High Court. James Molloy (59), who was struck by several sheets of glass which fell from a trolley, is also entitled to a further sum for loss of earnings into the future which will

Reform is to balance a business’s duty of care with personal responsibility of customers There will be changes to the law on duty of care under proposals aimed at reducing insurance which have been approved by the Cabinet. The aim of the planned insurance reforms is to balance a property owner or business’s duty of

The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has apologised and made an interim settlement of €3.7m for the “shortcomings and failings” in care surrounding the birth of a boy more than a decade ago, the High Court heard. Cian O’Connor, from Glasnevin, Dublin, has a learning disability and other motor coordination issues because of injuries allegedly sustained

The Cabinet has agreed to amend insurance legislation in order to make it harder for personal injuries claimants to take legal action against businesses and community groups The move will also limit circumstances where a court can impose liability on the occupier of a premises where a person has entered it to commit an offence.

Personal injuries board failed to give adequate reasons for award, woman claims A challenge by a hospital catering assistant to a proposed €11,000 damages award under controversial new guidelines for soft tissue injuries suffered after an oven fell onto her opens on Tuesday at the High Court. The award was made to Tara Wolfe by

A bride’s wedding dress was stained with blood after she helped one of her guests who was thrown from a buggy and injured at her wedding reception at Kilkea Castle Hotel in Kildare, the Circuit Civil Court has heard. Judge Gerard Griffin awarded graphic designer David Keane €17,500 after hearing how the driver of the

A glass factory worker who sustained injuries to his lower limbs after being struck and knocked to the ground by several sheets of glass that fell from a trolley has been awarded a six-figure sum in damages by the High Court. The award, which has yet to be finalised by Mr Justice Garrett Simons, was