PILAR The Personal Injury Lawyers

12/11/2019

What are the risks to people working in storage and warehouse facilities and what preventative measures should be in place to protect them?

What are the personal injury risks to people working in storage and warehouse facilities and what preventative measures should be in place to protect them?

12/11/2019

Who is responsible for your safety when you’re working on a construction site? How much should your employer or company contracting you, do to prevent personal injury how much should be left up to you? We take a look at building site safety, accident prevention and personal injury claims.

What should you do following a building site accident and how do you pursue a personal injury claim? Talk to the experts at PILAR.

11/11/2019

A 24-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at a Cork hospital has settled his High Court action with a final lump sum payment of €17.5million.

09/11/2019

Carers can be open to injury at work, due to the physical nature of their jobs. What are the injury risks to care givers and what can be done to address these risks?

08/11/2019

A woman who was injured when she was hit by the wing mirror of a minibus as she crossed a road has been awarded more than €192,000 by the High Court.

06/11/2019

It's a stark statistic that almost half of the deaths arising from workplace accidents are vehicle related. What should employers be doing to reduce accidents and what can employees do if they suffer personal injury at work?

What should employers and staff be doing to reduce vehicle accidents and what can employees do if they suffer personal injury at work?

05/11/2019

A Ryanair employee has been awarded €10,000 damages against the airline for injuries suffered at work.

05/11/2019

Garda awarded compensation for Post Traumatic Stress.

Joanne Doherty says she ‘kept re-living’ the death of Garda Robbie McCallion in her head

04/11/2019

Mr Justice Kevin Cross, approving the settlement, noted it was only one-tenth of the full value of the case. It was claimed that there was a failure to call an ambulance or other medical assistance following Mr O'Shea having fallen.

A partygoer who allegedly fell when he stayed at a colleague's house after an office night out has settled his High Court action for €550,000.

31/10/2019

The apology is part of a settlement, made without admission of liability, of the High Court case brought by the woman against the HSE and three laboratories.

The HSE and the CervicalCheck programme have apologised to a mother of two who is seriously ill with cancer about a smear test audit.

29/10/2019

News from the courts

A mother of two who is seriously ill with cancer and has sued over a 2012 smear test has told the High Court it is "absolutely vile" a US laboratory is claiming she could be partly at f

28/10/2019

Chemical spills can be the cause of personal injury at work, be it from slips or falls or due to contact or inhalation of hazardous substances. How much responsibility does the employer or employee bear and what can a worker do in response to sustaining a chemical spill injury at work?

Chemical spills can be the cause of personal injury at work, be it from slips or falls or due to contact or inhalation of hazardous substances. How much responsibility does the employer bear and what can a worker do after a chemical spill injury at work?