US court rules against nanny in wrongful death lawsuit

A civil court in the US has ruled against Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a baby who died in her care.

According to Middlesex County civil court records, Cavan native Ms Brady McCarthy was served with the lawsuit on July 8 but did not “file an appearance, answer,” or issue any other “responsive pleading”.

A damages hearing is expected to be held later this year, said Martha Coakley, an attorney representing Sameer Sabir and Nada Siddiqui, the parents of Rehma Sabir, who was a year old when she died in Ms Brady McCarthy’s care in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in January 2013.