Family settles trolley fall case

The family of an 82-year-old woman who died days after she fell off a trolley at St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin has settled a High Court action over her death.

Letitia Lawlor died a week after she fell from the trolley three years ago, striking her head.

Counsel Doireann O’Mahony told the court that when Mrs Lawlor was transferred to the hospital’s emergency department three years ago after she fell at her nursing home, she was known to be at risk of falls.