High Court approves €385,000 award to family of man pierced through heart

The High Court has approved a settlement of €385,000 to the family of a 65-year-old man who was pierced through the heart during a post-operative procedure at the Blackrock Clinic.

English teacher Art Ridge from Mohill in Leitrim underwent successful cardiac surgery at the hospital in December 2005 but died five days later when a registrar used excessive force inserting a forceps during a chest drain.