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Wed 02 Feb 2010Birth disability case settled with €500,000 payout
A SETTLEMENT of €500,000, plus legal costs, has been approved by the High Court against consultant psychiatrist Prof Patricia Casey and consultant obstetrician Dr Mary Holohan in the case of a child born with disabilities allegedly caused by prescription drugs taken by her psychiatrically ill mother during pregnancy.
The settlement in the case of Rebecca McGillin, now aged eight, is without admission of liability by either Prof Casey, practising out of of the Mater hospital, or Dr Holohan, practising out of the Rotunda Hospital.
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