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George Cooney, who worked at a plant in the United States that serviced Caterpillar forklifts, contracted fatal lung cancer as a result of exposure on a daily basis to asbestos-containing parts while servicing brakes and clutches. The work Mr Cooney had to do entailed activities such as – • Sanding asbestos brake shoes; • Using […]

When we are acting on behalf of the family of a deceased person whose death was caused negligently, we often have to assist our clients through the Inquest procedure. An Inquest is an inquiry into the death of a person or persons. It is an inquiry into the facts only and is not adversarial in […]

Litigation cases are routinely filed against drivers – and their employers – when they look away from the road to interact with a device in the course of their employment and cause an accident. Every day of the week we regularly see motorists using hand-held electronic devices while driving. Statistics from the Road Safety Authority […]

The DePuy Pinnacle Ultamet metal-on-metal hip implant comprised four components – a femoral stem which is inserted into the femur, a cobalt-chromium femoral head, or a ball, which connects to the top of the stem, a titanium acetabular cup which attaches to the pelvis and a liner, which sits inside the acetabular cup. Although the […]

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 […]