Lavelle Partners secured a significant settlement for a plaintiff who contracted sepsis while he was a patient in a Dublin hospital

The plaintiff presented at a hospital in Dublin complaining of pain in his chest.

After he was admitted, a cannula was inserted into his arm and in the coming days he developed sepsis.

He spent several weeks in hospital experiences both physical and psychiatric injuries as a result of developing sepsis.

Lavelle Partners obtained expert evidence from the UK that the proper anti-septic techniques were not carried out prior to the insertion of the cannula and this on the balance of probabilities led to the development of sepsis.

Proceedings were issued on behalf of the plaintiff and the case was successfully mediated for a substantial sum with costs in advance of the trial date.