The High Court has approved a settlement of €3.3 million in the case of a 24-year-old man who was brain damaged at birth, reports RTE News.Geoff Sadlier, of Caherdavin Heights in Limerick, sued the Mid-Western Health Board through his mother Elaine Sadlier. The court heard he had mild cerebral palsy as a result of a lack of oxygen at birth, which took place in 1985 at the Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital.
The health board was sued for negligence in the circumstances of his birth.
