Cork girl with cerebral palsy agrees €1.7m interim payout from HSE

A nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who has sued over the circumstances of her birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital has settled her action against the HSE with an interim payout of €1.7m.

Cork girl with cerebral palsy agrees €1.7m interim payout from HSE

A nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who has sued over the circumstances of her birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital has settled her action against the HSE with an interim payout of €1.7m, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

Holly Corrigan, who has a twin sister, was born first and is spastic quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy. Her sister Katie, who was born by caesarean section 18 minutes later, is healthy, her Counsel Dr John O'Mahony SC told the High Court.

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