Student awarded €250k for birth injury

A student who suffered a shoulder injury at birth, yesterday settled his High Court action against the HSE for €250,000. Shane Kelly McGrath, aged 15, Stoker’s Lawn, Listowel, Co Kerry, was not in court when the settlement was approved as he was sitting his Junior Cert exams.

His counsel Michael Counihan told Mr Justice Michael Hanna the boy suffered a severe shoulder injury at his birth at Tralee General Hospital in June 2001.

He said it was their case there was excessive traction during the boy’s birth and he suffered an erbs palsy shoulder injury.