Setanta Insurance, although based in Malta, operated solely in Ireland. The company collapsed in April, 2014, affecting approximately 75,000 policy holders and leaving more than 1,500 of road traffic victims in limbo. It emerged recently at a creditors’ meeting in Malta that Setanta may be able to pay only 22% of thevalue of the outstanding […]
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In August 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics Inc announced a recall of two ASR hip replacement products, given a high failure rate and patients requiring second hip replacements following use of the DePuy products. It is estimated that 3,500 public and private patients in Ireland have received such implants since 2004. Thousands of patients have had to
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In 2016, we brought you news of an admission of liability from the Health Service Executive in relation to medical negligence proceedings, arising from the birth of a child at South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel in 2001. The baby was subsequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy. We are glad to be able to announce that the case was
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600 patients received colonoscopies at Wexford General Hospital in 2013 & 2014. These patients had to be recalled as question marks were raised about the quality of the screening, when “interval cancer” was diagnosed in two patients. Are you one of the many patients who has been the subject of the colonoscopy review? If so,
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Medical and Dental Negligence is an ever present type of law being seen, not only in Courts but in daily newspapers. The following, amongst others, are areas which can be seen in this area of law. Medical Negligence. Dental Negligence. Orthodontic. Consultants. GPs. Hospitals and HSE. Birth Injuries. Cerebral Palsy. A&E Departments. Anaesthesia. Neurology. Neurosurgery.
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People are living longer now, but Alzheimer’s and other age related brain diseases are on the rise, with the effect that a sizable portion of society in their later years are no longer capable of making important decisions for themselves. How do they look after their affairs when thy no longer have the capacity to do so? Luckily there
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Emmet Halley represented Eoghan Keating in these proceedings. University Hospital Waterford apologised at a recent sitting of the High Court in Dublin to a boy left brain damaged just before his second birthday. Eoghan Keating, now 6, cannot talk and is tetraplegic. Counsel on behalf of the boy said there was a profound misdiagnosis with
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Emmet Halley recently settled a medical negligence action for a client who was a private patient of a consultant dermatologist. The client attended the consultant a number of years ago for advice and treatment regarding a mole on her neck. An excision of the mole was carried out by the consultant and was sent for histopathology testing. The
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Get legal advice. It is always advisable to discuss the matter with your local solicitor before making any decision. All is required is a phone call to your local solicitor with your query and looking for some advice as to what you should do in the circumstances. Once you have received advice, it is now up
We are glad to be able to announce that we have received a formal admission of liability from the State Claims Agency in a medical negligence action against the Health Service Executive. This case relates to a young boy who attended Waterford Regional Hospital in 2012 and was misdiagnosed. He now has a severe brain injury with
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