January 31, 2023
Healthcare law – a year in review.
Over the course of the last year, there have been many interesting judgements in the High Court and the Court of Appeal in relation to healthcare and personal injury law....
Case Studies
Our client presented to the emergency department at a hospital complaining of a progressively worsening headache which had been ongoing for in excess of a week. CT brain imaging was...
Read moreOur client was diagnosed with ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) his adrenal glands were producing excessive level of cortisol. He was initially treated with medication but he was advised that such...
Read moreThe Plaintiff should have been monitored more closely as he was suffering an unrelated injury which caused him to have poor balance. He fell on three separate occasions over a...
Read moreOur client presented to the accident & emergency department (A&E) of a hospital with a severe occipital headache. Radiological examination in the form of computed tomography (CT) of the brain...
Read moreThe plaintiff presented at a hospital in Dublin complaining of pain in his chest. After he was admitted, a cannula was inserted into his arm and in the coming days...
Read moreAs part of the Cervical Check programme, our client underwent a smear test under the care of her GP in order to undergo cervical screening. The smear test was revealed...
Read moreIn September 2020, the plaintiff underwent a laparoscopic (keyhole) operation for removal of the adrenal gland. During the operation the plaintiff lost a large amount of blood, described as a...
Read moreIn 1998, the plaintiff was born in Monaghan General Hospital. The delivery was complicated by dystocia. In pulling the plaintiff’s head whilst the right shoulder was obstructed behind his mother’s...
Read moreLavelle Partners acted on behalf of the applicant in her original application in 1996. Her award before the Tribunal was on a provisional basis and the applicant was informed that...
Read moreThe Plaintiff was lawfully running on a public footpath adjacent to a highway when a motorist collided with him. The matter was settled in advance of the trial.
Read moreIn this case, the mother’s pregnancy was complicated by rhesus iso-immunisation due to anti-Kell antibodies which resulted in foetal anaemia. She required intrauterine blood transfusions which were carried out at...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter received a significant settlement following a surgical error. The Plaintiff underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy which was complicated by bleeding and had to be converted to...
Read moreThe Plaintiff was lawfully driving his vehicle through a busy junction in Dublin City Centre and suffered serious injury when the Defendant’s motor vehicle failed to yield right of way...
Read moreLavelle Partners secured a significant settlement for a Plaintiff who was injured when he was retrieving a ball near the railings of a local authority development, when his foot became...
Read moreThe Plaintiff slipped on a spillage on the main stairwell of the building. She suffered severe injury to her ankle, leaving her out of work for several months. In advance...
Read moreThe Plaintiff was engaged in the dismantling of a shed at the rear of a public house. With the removal of the penultimate pillar of the shed, the wall surrounding...
Read moreThe Plaintiff was a lawful visitor at a school premises. While playing in a green area of the grounds, she tripped and came in contact with a sharp and exposed...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter received a settlement after her GP failed to suspect, diagnose, or take any steps to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy. She had consulted her GP regarding...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was a man who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and remained there for a period of 5 days before being transferred to the...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was a woman who underwent an emergency C-section in a Dublin hospital. Following delivery of her baby, she developed a fever and was noted to...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was a woman who commenced IVF treatment in Northern Ireland. As part of the drug protocol relevant to her treatment, she was prescribed a particular...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was a man who was referred to a regional hospital by his GP with a progressive rash, back pain, difficulty passing urine, and altered sensation...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was a woman who had a history of Raynaud’s disease and pulmonary hypertension. She attended a Dublin hospital in order to undergo a routine heart...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was the daughter of a woman who was attending for cancer treatment in a regional hospital. This woman was diagnosed and treated for multiple bladder...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter was a woman who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy and left salpingo-oophorectomy in a regional hospital. During the course of the surgery, our client suffered...
Read moreThe Plaintiff in this matter underwent a smear test in her GP practice which was reported as showing low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. Three years later, she attended for a...
Read moreInterFAX Communications, based in Dublin with locations in Israel, the UK and the US sells secure, cloud-based messaging services including enterprise cloud fax and secure document distribution. InterFAX offers the...
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