Girl left paraplegic after operation settles case for €9.4m

Mr Justice Kevin Cross in the High Court was told the case was a very complex one and the settlement is without admission of liability.

Aimee Brennan with her mother Jacinta leaving the High Court following legal action against Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin. Picture: Collins Courts

A 12-year-old girl, who it is claimed is paralysed from the chest down after an operation for curvature of her spine, has settled her High Court action for €9.4m.

Aimee Brennan had the operation at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, when she was six years old. The little girl who has paraplegia now has to use a wheelchair.