Ex-Baxter Healthcare worker settles policy case in High Court

A woman who sued over an alleged failure to pay out income protection payments under an insurance policy after she suffered serious pain has settled her High Court action against her former employers and an insurance company.

Rose Prendergast, aged 64, had to cease working at Baxter Healthcare’s Castlebar factory in 2002 due to health problems, including severe pain in her legs, back, and neck.

She was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which is a medical condition characterised by chronic widespread pain.