The Injuries Board.ie has confirmed that in the year 2015 it made 11,734 awards. 481 of those awards were made to residents of Kildare. The figure was slightly down from 2014 when The Injuries Board made 12,420 awards. The average award made by The Board was €22,878.00. 19,812 Motor Liability claims were made, 4,843 Employer […]
Kildare Solicitor Re-Elected Vice-Chair of American Association for Justice International Section
Liam Moloney a Naas based Personal Injury Solicitor has been re-elected as Vice-Chair of the International Practice Section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) at the organization’s recent annual convention in Los Angeles. AAJ is the World’s largest Injury Lawyers Association with over 23,000 members and is a powerful group advocating for the rights […]
Slip and Fall Claim Fails
A woman who sustained personal injuries as a result of a fall in a supermarket has lost her case because she failed to prove that there was water on the floor that caused her to slip. The woman, who was a Nurse by profession, brought proceedings against Dunnes Stores for injuries suffered by her when […]
VOLKSWAGEN SETTLES US COMPENSATION CLAIMS
Volkswagen has agreed to buy back and repair over half a million US cars which were rigged with software that allowed them to cheat official emissions tests. The settlement includes a $5,000.00 compensation payment to car owners affected and provides for some buy back of vehicles and repair work to bring the vehicles into line […]
Shannon based Zimmer Biomet has Hip Implant Device Recalled
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled the Zimmer Hip Implant because of a manufacturing mishap. Zimmer, now known as Zimmer Biomet, established a manufacturing facility in Shannon in 2007. The FDA issued the Class 1 recall, the most serious level of recall, for the M/L Taper Hip Implant. This device is part […]
Farm Safety Scheme working as Agricultural deaths down by 40%
The recent Farm Safety Scheme introduced by the Department of Agriculture appears to be working, as new figures released by the Health and Safety Authority confirm that fatalities in the Agricultural sector are down by 40%, with eighteen deaths reported in 2015 compared to thirty in 2014. The Farm Safety Scheme, where farmers are able […]
Kildare accident victims awarded over £10 million by Injuries Board in 2015
New Figures released by the Injuries Board show that the number of awards made to Kildare residents in 2015 exceeded £10 million in damages. There were 468 compensation awards made with the average award being €23,029 an increase from the previous year of over 6%. The breakdown of individual claims were as follows: 330 claims […]
BED SORES- AN AVOIDABLE INJURY IN A HEALTHCARE SETTING
Bed sores/pressure ulcers continue to be a significant problem for hospital and nursing home patients. Pressure ulcers are more likely to occur among those over aged 65 or those suffering from a disability. Moloney Solicitors are currently acting on behalf of a number of patients who unfortunately contracted bed sores while in-patients in Hospitals and […]
MIRENA COIL INJURY CASES
The risk of perforation on insertion of a coil or a Mirena IUS is stated to be around 1 and 1,000 insertions. In some rare cases (fewer than 1 in 1,000 insertions) an IUS can perforate (make a hole in) the womb or the neck of the womb (cervix) when it is put in. This […]
IRISH CLAIMS LIKELY AS CIGARETTE MAKER LIABLE FOR SMOKERS FATAL LUNG CANCER
IRISH CLAIMS LIKELY AS CIGARETTE MAKER LIABLE FOR SMOKERS FATAL LUNG CANCER A jury in the United States has found R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris accountable for a smoker’s fatal lung cancer. Douglas Duignan started smoking in the early mid-1960s as soon became addicted to nicotine. He was a full time smoker by aduldhood smoking […]
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