Family of young mother settle fatal meningitis case

The family of a 23-year-old mother who died of acute bacterial meningitis, days after she had presented at a hospital A&E with earache has settled their High Court action against the HSE for €550,000.

Ann Marie Copse died on February 14, 2012 of a bacterial meningitis infection which the court heard was rampant.

Her father, Donal Copse was in the High Court yesterday as the family settled their action against the HSE over the treatment of Ann Marie Copse when she initially presented to the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick with a significant pain in her ear.