Judge to rule on test case over cervical smears

  • 📰 IrishTimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 20 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 98%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

Case by terminally ill Ruth Morrissey and husband being tracked by other legal teams

A High Court judge will rule on Friday in the action by a terminally ill woman against the HSE and two US laboratories over alleged misreading of her CervicalCheck smear slides.and her husband Paul ran for 37 days and is regarded as a test case for the CervicalCheck controversy.

The couple, who have one child, are expected to be in court for the judgment by Mr Justice Kevin Cross. Legal teams representing other women who are taking similar actions relating to smear tests taken under the CervicalCheck screening programme have been monitoring the case. It opened in July 2018 and ran for three days before being adjourned to resume last January for another 34 days.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

A majority verdict will be accepted in Patrick Quirke murder trial, judge saysThe jury has been deliberating for over seven days.
Source: thejournal_ie - 🏆 32. / 50 Read more »