Out of court settlement for parents of child who was injured at birth

A damages action taken by the parents of a four year old boy whose right arm was paralysed at the time of his birth, has been settled out of court.

Mr Justice Vivian Lavin approved the €800,000 settlement reached between David and Deirdre Staunton from Blackrock in Dublin and consultant obstetrician Valerie Donnolly at Mount Carmel Hospital in South Dublin.