High Court awards €32.4m record damages to boy left brain damaged after failure of hospital to diagnose infection

A nine-year-old boy left brain damaged and permanently disabled after a failure to diagnose an infection when he was a baby has settled his High Court action against Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin with a final record damages payment of €25m.

High Court awards €32.4m record damages to boy left brain damaged after failure of hospital to diagnose infection

A nine-year-old boy left brain damaged and permanently disabled after a failure to diagnose an infection when he was a baby has settled his High Court action against Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin with a final record damages payment of €25m.

This brings to €32.4m the total paid out to Benjamin Gillick. It is the highest ever settlement in the history of the State for a personal injuries claim.

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