Category: Personal Injury Claims
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Fraudulent and Exaggerated Personal Injury Claims Dismissed by the High Court
Courts appear to be scrutinising personal injury claims more closely in a climate of widespread scepticism about the personal injury culture in Ireland. Evidence of this can be seen in the High Court decision in an appeal from the Circuit Court in O’Connell -v- Martin; Ali -v- Martin [2019] IEHC 571. The High Court held […]
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No Expert Opinion? Your Claim for Professional Negligence is Bound to Fail
If you are considering bringing legal proceedings for professional negligence the Court of Appeal has recently confirmed you will need an expert report or opinion. If you do not have such an opinion your claim is ‘bound to fail’ according to the High Court in Andrew Mangan (a minor) v Julian Dockeray and By Order […]
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The Swing Fall Case-Maria Bailey Still Doesn’t Get It
Maria Bailey, the Fine Gael TD who fell off a swing in a Dublin hotel, the Dean, and brought a personal injury action as a consequence still doesn’t get it, I fear. For in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Independent today she said, “I was holding somebody’s bottle. The bottom line is I was […]
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Woman Walks Into Lift Door at Work and Sues Her Employer for Personal Injuries
This personal injuries case involves a woman who worked in Abbott Ireland in Clonmel since 1999 and who injured her head as she entered a lift at her workplace in 2014. She was speaking with a colleague as she entered a lift and was looking away from the lift doors towards her colleague. The woman, […]