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Negligence-case lawyers ‘look for too much money’

THE parents of children brain damaged at birth are enduring long court ordeals because their lawyers are asking for exorbitant compensation, according to the head of the State Claims Agency.
Ciaran Breen was responding to strong criticism levelled at the agency for its treatment of families who have taken medical negligence claims against hospitals and doctors for their child’s catastrophic injury.
“Many people express concern that, in some cases, parents of children who have been catastrophically injured as a result of clinical negligence have had to undergo the additional trauma of giving evidence in court and being cross-examined on their evidence,” he said.
“Sometimes it happens because the case is so complex that liability or causation have been difficult to determine or are in dispute.
“But it mostly happens in cases where the settlement demands made by plaintiffs’ lawyers are significantly overstated.”

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