Personal Injury Claims
Personal Injury – Fishing Industry
For Employers’ duties see HERE Fishermen are engaged in one of the most dangerous occupations of any group. On United Kingdom figures, their occupational mortality is exceeded only by mine workers at the coalface. Generally, they are twice as likely to die in the course of their work as a person working on land. Put another way, again on United Kingdom figures, fishermen have an annual risk of 1 in 500 of being killed in the course of their work. […]
MRSA and Ireland’s Euro Health Consumer Index score
In 2006 the Euro Health Consumer Index put Ireland second from the bottom in a ranking of European states on the delivery of health care to its citizens. Was this a Pass mark for Ireland? Ireland subscribes to the concept of failure and applies it to its citizens in, for instance the Leaving Certificate examination now underway. What of Ireland’s health care system? How do we know if it is failing? More correctly, how do we know that Ireland has […]
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
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.