Boy who suffered injury to cheek during delivery at maternity hospital awarded €45k

High Court settlement was agreed after experts for both sides in the case of disagreed over whether the injury was the result of negligence or just an inherent risk of necessary forceps delivery

Boy, through his mother, had sued the governors and guardians of the Rotunda for negligence and breach of duty at his birth in the hospital on December 20, 2017. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

A High Court action by a boy who suffered an injury to his cheek during his delivery at the Rotunda maternity hospital in Dublin has been settled for €45,000.

The court heard the settlement was agreed after experts for both sides in the case of Jake O'Connor disagreed over whether the injury was the result of negligence or just an inherent risk of necessary forceps delivery.