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Fri 07 Jul 2010Case likely to set pattern for 'catastrophic' injury cases
Yesterday’s settlement provides a template for a new way of addressing catastrophic personal injuries
IN APPROVING a “structured settlement agreement” yesterday the president of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, was bringing a step closer a new way of dealing with how damages are paid in catastrophic injuries cases. Ireland is one of the few countries which does not have provision for providing for such cases on an ongoing basis.
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