Boy sues for brain damage at birth

THE High Court yesterday began a hearing to assess damages to be paid to a 12-year-old boy — the eldest of a family of seven — who is brain damaged, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.

Boy sues for brain damage at birth

The court was told last week that liability has been admitted by the Mid-Western Health Board, which was responsible for the hospital where he was born.

Paraic Comber, suing through his mother, Deirdre Comber, of Mullagh, Ennis, Co Clare, is suing the health board as being responsible for the medical treatment they received at Limerick Maternity Hospital, known as St Munchin’s, Limerick, between June 1992 and April 21, 1993, the date of his birth.

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