€120k settlement following action for injuries family claimed were sustained at workshop

The High Court has approved a settlement of €120k to a man who allegedly suffered injuries including unexplained bruises, blisters and burns while he attended at a workshop run by the Brothers of Charity.

The High Court has approved a settlement of €120k to a man who allegedly suffered injuries including unexplained bruises, blisters and burns while he attended at a workshop run by the Brothers of Charity.

The award was made in favour of 38 year old Seamus Vaughan, who the High Court heard has been profoundly disabled since he was a teenager, who sued over an alleged gross lack of care he received while he attended a Brothers of Charity Workshop at Lacey’s Cross, Newcastle West Co Limerick.