€550k for musician who fell into coma after surgery

A talented musician who had surgery for cancer at St James’ Hospital, Dublin, but later had a heart attack and slipped into a coma, has settled his High Court action for €550,000.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told that Robert Bolton, almost five years later, is still in a coma, cannot speak or communicate, and has no reaction to the presence of family members.

Wife Angela Bolton, who has blogged about their life since her husband went in to a coma, welcomed the settlement but said nothing would compensate for the condition of her husband. “Thirty years being with the same man and I go home on my own. Nothing really compensates for that but we’ve done our best,”she said.