Injuries Board
MRSA Conference
The MRSA & Families Network have organised a conference entitled, âMRSA: What is it costing us?â? to be held on 19TH JUNE 2007 at the Emmett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, from 9.30 am to 4.40 pm.
PIAB and Personal Injuries
1. In Ireland, to suffer an injury in a road traffic accident is to be at the beginning of a painful (in every sense), long, and tiresome process. 2. Since the establishment of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (âPIABâ?) in 2003, it is no longer lawful, with some exceptions, for an injured person (âapplicantâ?) to promptly and of course, seek compensation for such injuries in court. 3. Under the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 such applicants are obliged, if […]
Personal Injury – Construction Industry (2)
For Employers’ duties see HERE Under Statutory Instrument No. 386/2006 certain general duties are imposed on employers. The SI also transposes the terms of Council Directive 92/57/EEC into Irish law.
Personal Injury – Construction Industry
Over the previous10 years more than 70 people were killed and 5,000 seriously injured on Irish building sites.
Personal Injury – Cancer
A disturbing pattern of deaths in laboratory workers at Teagasc was revealed in 1989 in an epidemiological report prepared for the organisation three years before.
Personal Injury – Skin Disease
It is generally agreed that skin disease is the commonest occupationally-caused disease.
Medical Negligence – Defence
The Medical Defence Union (âMDUâ?) is very old. Founded in 1885, it currently defends its members in litigation, usually against claims based in negligence. However, it is not limited to defending only such claims and defends the interests of its members. Very early on in its history this extended to funding the defence of an officer in a libel action. See the earlier posting on the MDU HERE and HERE. Given the narrow range of bodies from which medical practitioners […]
Medical Negligence – Adversaries
A courtroom trial in Ireland (and other Common Law jurisdictions) is an adversarial process.
Personal Injury – Hypersensitive Reactions
In Ireland the principal occurrence is known as Farmer’s Lung.
Personal Injury – Airway Irritations
Irritations of the airways and lungs can vary from mild to acute and the agents are numerous.