Court rules surgeon was not negligent despite man's claim he developed paralysis after procedure

A High Court judge has found there was no negligence by a surgeon in his care and treatment of a man who claimed he developed paralysis in his right leg and severe pain after undergoing a spinal fusion procedure in March 2010.

Eugene McCormack, a retired butcher and farmer of Clongowney, Dublin Road, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, previously settled his claims against the Mater Private Hospital and Mater Private Healthcare in relation to a specific incident post-surgery where part of a catheter was left inside him.