Woman whose father's death 'has blighted her life' has compensation raised by €250k

The woman was aged nine when her father, a haemophiliac in his 30s, died as a result of treatment with contaminated blood products

In his recently published judgment, Mr Justice Bernard Barton increased from €15,000 to €250,000 the compensation for loss of opportunity and from €70,000 to €85,000 the sum for PTSD/psychiatric injury. File photo

A High Court judge has more than doubled to some €455,000 a compensation award to a woman over the death of her father, a haemophiliac who was treated with contaminated blood products.

The woman was aged nine when her father, then in his 30s, died as a result of complications of Hepatitis C and HIV infection. He was co-infected through the administration of contaminated blood products received for treatment of haemophilia.