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Fri 07 Jul 2010Lifelong payments for injured worker warmly welcomed
THE PRESIDENT of the High Court has warmly approved a “historic” Structured Settlement Agreement under which Iarnród Éireann has agreed to make periodic payments to meet the costs of lifelong care of a 40-year-old security guard severely brain-damaged after a 2.5 tonne steel gate collapsed on him.
The settlement, under which Iarnród Éireann will also make monthly income payments to the injured man, is an interim one agreed in expectation the Government will introduce legislation to provide for such settlements, having set up a working group on the matter.
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