Cian O’Carroll Solicitors acted for Lisa Marie Murphy in her High Court medical negligence case concerning the traumatic circumstances of the birth of her son Finn Phillips in July 2005 at the National Maternity Hospital and his subsequent diagnosis of autism, behavioural problems and developmental delay that settled for €7.25 million in mid -June 2019.
 

Our work on the recent CervicalCheck case on behalf of Vicky Phelan shows the potential for complex litigation to proceed quickly through the courts. Our team took the case from initial instructions to trial where it settled after three days at hearing for €2.5m. The case also provided a platform from which our client rocked the Health Service that had treated her so badly and has began a process of reform that will save many lives and stand as a legacy to her strength of will and her courage.

This complex breast cancer misdiagnosis case resulted in a settlement for damages of €325,000 immediatley before trial for the 13 year old son of Dorota Sliwa who had died from her breast cancer in October 2015