Young Cork man reaches €11m settlement over his birth management

The court heard that Keith Phelan should have been delivered on November 30 but “Dr Mundow indicated he was going on holiday, hunting" and it would happen on December 12

Dr Liam S Mundow admitted that Mrs Phelan should have been hospitalised on November 30, 1998, with management in the form of close monitoring or delivery but denied other matters. File photo

A 22-year-old Cork man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth has settled his High Court action for €11 million.

Keith Phelan has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and has to use a wheelchair.