A man whose leg was amputated after he was struck by a car taking part in an international rally event has secured €564,000 damages.

The award to Blaine Murphy was made after the Court of Appeal rejected as "perverse" a High Court judge's finding he was primarily liable.

The appeal court increased by almost €364,000 the High Court's award of some €199,000 compensation to Mr Murphy, now aged 30, of Cashelmara, Knocknacarra, Galway.

He had appealed the High Court's finding of 66.66pc contributory negligence against him, which had cut his award for injuries suffered as a 19-year-old spectator at the 2005 Galway International Motor Rally.

He sued County Galway Motor Club Ltd, which organised and managed the rally under the auspices of Irish Motorsport Federation Ltd (Motor Sport Ireland), and Motor Sport Ireland Safety Team, which provided safety services for the rally. Read More

A landlord must pay €40,615 to his tenant after a piece of the kitchen ceiling in her home fell and injured her, the High Court has ruled.

Concepta ‘Connie’ Collery had sued Eamon Clohessy, owner of the dwelling at Peter’s Street, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, where a portion of plasterwork fell on her head and back of her neck on June 29th 2013.

Mr Justice Anthony Barr ruled Mr Clohessy was liable because cracks in ceiling had been brought to his attention before the incident but he did not do anything about it, as he was required to do. Read More

​An 11-year-old boy who suffered severe brain injuries at birth is to receive €3m under an interim settlement approved by the High Court.

Mohammad Daud Assad, who has cerebral palsy and will require full time care for the rest of his life, was born on February 20, 2004,  at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.

It was claimed a delay by the hospital in delivering him by a caesarean section caused his injuries.

Had he been delivered several hours earlier, he would not have sustained... Read More

A hero detective Garda, who thought he would die when he was viciously attacked by two pitbull terriers, has been awarded €207,000 damages against the State in the High Court.

Mr Justice Bernard Barton said in a reserved judgement that he was satisfied that Det Garda John Leahy (52) suffered an exacerbation of a degenerative condition in his back and left hip which required surgery.
The State had accepted the incident may have exacerbated Det Garda Leahy's back condition, but had denied it was sufficient to result in surgery.
Det Garda Leahy, a recipient of a Scott Medal for bravery after he saved a man from a fire, told a Garda Compensation hearing how, in June 2008, he was a member of the Divisional Drug Unit in Galway and was patrolling with Garda Orla Keenan when they noticed two known drug users around Wolfe Tone Bridge. Read More

A man has been awarded €453,000 in damages after a digger ran over his foot in a quarry in Co. Donegal in June 2003, ultimately leaving him without most of it.

Mr David McLaughlin had initially brought an action against Damien McDaid, Michael McDaid, Charles McDaid and McDaid quarry in January 2004. However, those proceedings were discontinued, and the current proceedings commenced on 30 April 2004.
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Significant controversy surrounded the alleged incident, with disputes centring around the plaintiff’s entitlement to be on the premises, and... Read More

A seven-year-old boy, who was injured when his head was trapped in electric security gates, has been awarded more than €50,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
Judge John Aylmer was told that Lee McCabe was four when the gates closed on his head and had to be rescued by a neighbour who had heard him crying for help.
Barrister Conor Kearney, who appeared with Tony Taaffe solicitor for Lee, told the court that Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, had last year rejected a €37,000 assessment by the Personal Injuries Board. Read More