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The Injuries Board.ie   has confirmed there were 280 awards made to Kildare motor accident victims  in 2012. The average award for Kildare applicants was €20,778.00 being a total of €5,817,919.00 awarded to Kildare people in 2012 for injuries received in motor accidents. The Board made compensation awards in 7,622 individual cases which is an increase […]

The Irish Medicines Board has issued a health alert over OxyElite Pro and Verse Supplements. The supplements are advertised for weight loss, muscle building and energy boosting. Concerns have been raised on their link to liver injuries which have been reported in the United States. The Irish Medicines Board has announced that the supplements are […]

The Injuries Board.ie has released figures that show a significant increase in the number of compensation claims being taken by Workers injured by scalds and burns. In 2012, forty two workers received compensation awards as a result of suffering a burn or scald in the course of their employment. Compensation of over €1.33million was awarded […]

Speculation is mounting that Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a huge financial settlement that could resolve thousands of law suits filed by patients in the USA injured by the flawed all metal hip replacement hip device. The plan, which must win court approval, represents one of the largest pay-outs for product liability claims involving […]

Latest figures from the Health and Safety Authority have confirmed that slips, trips and falls are the largest causes of accidents in all sectors. In Ireland hundreds of people are injured each year in slips, trips and falls. They account for over 17% of all notified four day injuries with 21% of injured people unable […]

Following high failure rates of metal-on-metal hip replacement devices it has been announced that they are being banned for use in National Health Service Hospitals in England. The failure rate has been reported as high as 4 in 10 cases which led to the regulators ban following health watch dog research. Surgeons in England have […]

The injuries Board has published figures which has confirmed that 173 Kildare based applicants received compensation awards in the first 6 months of this year. The average compensation award was £28,103 which is an increase of over 3% on the previous year. The reason given for an overall 10% increase in the number of compensation […]

A couple of studies have revealed an association between aircraft noise and increased rates for cardiovascular disease which is causing concern for people living near airports. Research conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and Boston University found that residents who were exposed to the most airplane noise were likelier to require hospitalisation for […]

A Naas based Solicitor has claimed today that more and more patients are filing litigation claims against clinics after being burned, scarred or otherwise injured during laser surgeries performed by non-doctors. Liam Moloney a healthcare Solicitor said today “patients who undergo laser treatments should inquire at the outset the qualifications and experience of the individual […]

Johnson & Johnson has just settled another one of the nearly 11,000 lawsuits it is facing in the USA over its now recalled DePuy Orthopaedic ASR metal-on-metal hip implant. This particular case which was filed in the New Jersey Superior Court had been scheduled for dismissal as the Court had received notice from both sides […]