Most commonly, fatal injury cases arise due to medical negligence, accidents in the workplace, road traffic accidents, murder or manslaughter. Bringing a case A fatal injury action is usually brought by a ‘Statutory Dependant’. The phrase ‘statutory dependant’...
Employers have certain duties towards each and every employee. These duties are two-fold. Firstly, employers owe a statutory duty under the Health and Safety Acts to protect the wellbeing of their employees. An employer also owes a common law duty to their...
Last week I discussed what you should and should not do when you are involved in a road traffic accident. This week I will outline our role, at Lynch and Partners, when you decide to make a claim following a road traffic accident. The early months of your case will...
In the first five months of this year, up until 11th May, there were 64 fatal accidents with 71 fatalities on Irish roads. In life all of us will probably be involved in at least one road traffic accident and it is important to know what to do. What to do if you...
UK experts, Mr. David J. Langton, MRCS at University Hospital of North Tees and Dr. Thomas Joyce, Mechanical Engineer at Newcastle University, spoke to DePuy patients at an International DePuy Hip Implant Recall Conference in the Horse and Jockey Hotel Conference...
At the end of 2010 it was estimated that the likely failure rate for the DePuy ASR hip implant stood at 13% after five years. However, at the British Hip Society Annual Conference in early March the UK experts produced new research which indicates a much higher than...
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