Dublin family settle case for €400k

A family who sued over the death of a woman at Tallaght Hospital after being diagnosed with a serious flesh-eating bacterial infection following a bowel procedure have settled their action for €400,000.

The settlement was made at the High Court without admission of liability.

Shirley Ann Plunkett, aged 42, was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, a rare bacterial skin infection, the day before she died at the hospital on March 10, 2011.