Tag: psychiatric injury
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Nervous shock award of €83,000 for worker’s later realisation of a ‘close shave’ overturned by Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has overturned an award of €83,000 for an ESB employee who had suffered a psychological injury in the course of his work. The ESB technician had come across a medium voltage cable whilst repairing a streetlight. He claimed that he later realised that he had been close to a serious physical…
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Rescuer at Road Traffic Accident Awarded €85,000 For Post-Traumatic Stress
The High Court in a 2020 decision, Sheehan v Bus Eireann/Irish Bus & Anor ([2020] IEHC 160), has awarded damages to a lady who came upon an accident and suffered post traumatic stress as a consequence of her actions in trying to assist. The test for psychological/psychiatric injury cases, also known as ‘nervous shock’, in…