Sick pay from State should be recovered from court settlements, judge says

A High Court judge wants the settlement of cases before him to reflect the fact the State can recover sick pay to people who have also, as part of settlements, received sums for loss of pay while they were out of work due to an accident.

Mr Justice David Keane made the comments in the case of a digger driver who sued his employers over injuries he received when huge slabs of limestone he was digging out of a quarry face fell on the cab of his vehicle.