Volkswagen, despite having reached a deal in the United States in which they have agreed to pay regulators and car owners $14.7 billion, “the largest penalty levied against an auto maker in US history” continue to refuse to pay compensation to car owners affected by the emissions scandal here. Moloney Solicitors have been instructed by […]

The introduction of the Court of Appeal has led to the Courts in general taking a harder line against personal injury claimants, making it more difficult to succeed on liability issues. Not only have the Courts reduced the level of compensation awards they have also started to impose stricter standards for personal injury claimants to […]

The Irish High Court, in the first decided case concerning a defective ASR hip implant in proceedings entitled Gillian O’Sullivan v DePuy International Limited awarded Ms O’Sullivan a total sum of €300,000 for general damages for pain and suffering and special damages of £482,000. Ms O’Sullivan’s injuries resulted from the use of the defective ASR […]

Under the Civil Liability Act 2004 Judges have to consider the Injuries Board Book of Quantum when assessing compensation for personal injuries. The Board published its first Book of Quantum in 2004 and the second Book of Quantum was published in October 2016. The revised guidelines were commissioned and published in accordance with the Personal […]

Moloney & Company Solicitors are acting on behalf of a number of Patients who received defective ASR metal- on- metal hip implant devices (MoM). These clients are now achieving settlements of their High Court Personal Injury Actions.  The ASR hip device was intended to avoid wear problems associated with traditional implants. The use of metal […]

There are many people in Ireland who have experienced serious adverse side effects from the use of these devices. Over 83,000 TVM lawsuits have been filed in the United States involving over 25 different TVM products. The products involved in the Trans Vaginal Mesh litigation include products for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. […]

For people working in prisons or healthcare settings there remains a continuing risk of contracting the latent form of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. This can be contracted by Prison Officers and Prisoners themselves in prisons. A diagnosis of Latent TB can be made following mantoux testing in a hospital. Anybody diagnosed with Latent TB will be required […]

Many people who are unfortunately injured in accidents abroad while on holidays or on business are not aware that in some instances their cases can be pursued here in Ireland. Moloney Solicitors are currently acting on behalf of holidaymakers and business people injured abroad. The Package Holiday and Trade Act 1995 applies to package holidays […]

The High Court has made a very important decision clarifying how the Courts should approach the assessment of compensation awards. In the Judgement delivered by the High Court on the 24th June 2016, Judge Cross, who is the Judge in charge of the personal injury division of The High Court, explained how the Courts should […]

The mother of a man killed in tragic circumstances when he was only 25 years of age when flight AF447 from Rio De Janeiro to Paris went down and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on the 1st June 2009 has been awarded damages by the High Court. The Plaintiff came to reside in Ireland in […]