We recently achieved an important settlement before trial of €4.9m for a child who will face life-long challenges due to the negligent failure to diagnose her rare cancer.

​A girl who sued over an alleged delay in diagnosing her rare cancerous condition has settled her High Court action for €4.9 million.
The girl, now aged 12, cannot be indentified by court order. She has a rare condition which, like a cancer, is treated with chemotherapy.
Her father told the court on Friday that every day has been a challenge for his daughter.
Oisín Quinn SC, instructed by solicitor Cian O’Carroll, said the settlement was reached after mediation and, if the case had proceeded to hearing, would have taken six weeks.
The girl was three when the diagnosis of the rare inflammatory cancerous condition was made, he said. Their case was that there was a delay in the diagnosis and the condition should have been identified two years earlier.
Mr Quinn said the girl had presented in 2010 with a rash, which was considered to be eczema, a much more common condition.
In proceedings brought through her father against the HSE, the girl claimed that she developed a progressive rare cancerous condition with a skin rash, failure to thrive and developmental delay in the first three years of her life.

​Interesting piece today on the Tribunal on two important issues - The ongoing failure of Government to honour their promises to the women harmed through the CervicalCheck screening negligence and the failure by them to make the necessary amendments to the Civil Liability Act highlighted by the Supreme Court in the Ruth Morrissey case that can leave the dependants of those who die as a result of medical negligence without provision for future care.

Cian O'Carroll Solicitors brought this medical negligence action to a successful conclusion with a major settlement of damages together with an admission of liability and a public apology. Read the Irish Examiner court report HERE.