A 13-year old boy who had sued over the circumstances of his birth at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin has settled his High Court case for €7.25million.Counsel for Finn Phillips, Jeremy Maher SC told the court the action was a test case.
Counsel said it was a test case and this issue had never been determined by a court in Ireland, the UK “or anywhere.”Counsel told the court mediation talks had taken place last Monday and a settlement was reached to bring before the court. Finn was delivered by ventouse delivery and it is claimed he was allegedly unnecessarily exposed to both asphyxia and trauma from the vacuum extraction and therefore was allegedly unnecessarily exposed to their potential long term consequences. The injuries suffered it was claimed included developmental delay and autism.
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