€12,000 workplace injury compensation has been awarded to a garda whose forearm was injured during a fighting incident by a colleague’s tiepin at the High Court. Legal counsel for Garda Nadine Keane Barrister...
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High Court: FBD Insurance Must Pay Covid-19 Business Disruption Compensation to Four Pub Owners
The High Court has ruled that four pub owners are entitled to be compensated by Insurer FBD for the disruption their businesses suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The legal action was taken following a...
School Fire Escape Door Accident Results in €26,000 Injury Compensation for Girl (8)
At the Circuit Civil Court. Judge Justice John O'Connor has given his approval for a school injury compensation settlement of €26,000 for an eight-year-old, Fran Rooney, who injured her left ring finger when...
€10k Compensation for Injury to Cork Road Bowler
Irish international road bowler Sean Kiely, who has appeared at international championships, has been awarded €10,000 personal injury compensation due the injuries that he sustained when he was punched during...
Witness to Road Crash Awarded €87,000 in PTSD Compensation Claim
A PTSD compensation award of €87,000 has been approved for a woman who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to seeing a partly decapitated body of a motorist when she arrived at the scene of...
Tree Stump Accident leads to €55,000 Injury Compensation Award for Boy
A boy who cut his knee - when he was attending an Art Camp in Dundrum, Dublin - during a fall on a tree stump at a has had a compensation settlement of €55,000 approved in the High Court. Just ten years old...
Trial of Man for Sexual Assault of Four Girls at Creche Begins
A 29-year-old male is currently on trial after being accused of the sexual assault of four girls at the creché where he was working. Claims have been made that the man in question, from February 2015 to...
Catholic Church Braced for Compensation Claims in Relation to Illegal Adoption Cases
At the High Court in Belfast a compensation case has been submitted in relation to illegal Catholic Church adoptions, arranged by the Catholic Church of children born in the Republic of Ireland, the first of...
PTSD Disclosure Statement Issued to External Facebook & YouTube Content Moderators
Reports have been filed in the US and Europe revealing that Accenture, a professional services company that provides external professional services globally, has sent disclosure forms to new hires and...
Coffee Accident Compensation Settlement of €41,000 Approved for Boy (5)
A coffee shop compensation claim action has been approved at the High Court €41,000 due to baby being allowed to pull a bowl of hot soup on top of himself in a coffee shop and sustained major burns. The boy,...
High Court Action Settled for €135,000 in Favour of Dead Woman’s Family
The Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) and the family of a woman who was killed in a hit-and-run accident have settled a compensation action in the High Court for €135,000 The court was informed that the...
More Social Media Moderator Claims Likely as Man (53) files claim against Facebook
The first of a number of social media moderator claims has been submitted in Dublin today. Chris Gray, who was previously employed CPL solutions for a contract as a content moderator with Facebook has...
House Damage Compensation of €54,000 Awarded to Woman Following Oil Leak
A woman who had to live in temporary accommodation for two years after an oil spillage from a neighbour's tank damaged the structure of her house has been awarded €54,000 at the High Court. A personal injury...
Catering Employee Awarded €30k after Being ‘Sexually Harassed’ by Chef
An order to pay €30,000 has been made in relation to a facilities company after a female catering assistant claimed she had her bottom pinched by a chef/manager in just one of a range of sexual harassment...
Settlement Offer of €32,500 Approved for Creche Accident Involving Two-year-old boy
A two-year-old boy who fell and cut his left eyebrow at Wee Care Limited, Monkstown, Co Dublin has had a €32,500 creche compensation settlement approved at the Circuit Civil Court. The accident happened when...
Australian Tourist Awarded €67,000 Museum Accident Compensation
A museum accident compensation award of approximately €67,000 has been approved at the High Court for an Australian tourist who fell and injured his leg when he slipped and rolled down stone stairs at the...