Woman who fears she won't see her children grow up settles cervical cancer smear case

The woman's claims were fully contested by the HSE

The HSE had admitted to a breach of duty only in respect of a delay in relaying to the plaintiff the result of an internal audit of her smear test, which had been conducted after her cancer had been diagnosed, the court heard. File photo: Pexels

A woman with terminal cancer who claimed her cervical smear slide was negligently misread has settled her legal action.

The case opened on Friday morning before the High Court, which heard the claims would be fully contested by the Health Service Executive (HSE), as operator of the national cervical screening programme, Medlab Pathology Limited, which was contracted to test smear samples, and a pathologist.