Cork student settles case for €17.5m after 17-year legal battle

Connor Corroon cannot walk unaided, uses a wheelchair and can only speak with the help of special eye gaze technology.

A 24-year-old man with cerebral palsy who had sued over the circumstances of his birth at a Cork hospital has settled his High Court action with a final lump sum payment of €17.5m.

This brings to €21.75m the total paid to Connor Corroon, who cannot walk unaided, uses a wheelchair and can only speak with the help of special eye gaze technology.