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Woman awarded damages for chronic pain and suffering post-road traffic accident
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High Court grants an order awarding a woman €335,174 in damages for chronic pain and psychological suffering following a road traffic accident that exacerbated a congenital condition and caused severe headaches, necessitating surgery. The court found the plaintiff's injuries were not an exacerbation of a previous accident but were caused by the defendant's negligence. The plaintiff's ongoing pain and the need for a spinal cord stimulator were recognized, along with her inability to work due to sporadic flare-ups of pain. The award included compensation for past and future loss of earnings, medical expenses, and the cost of a spinal cord stimulator.
Road traffic accident, chronic pain, psychological suffering, congenital Chiari malformation, decompression surgery, cervicogenic pain, neuropathic pain, spinal cord stimulator, adjustment disorder, loss of earnings, special damages, general damages, negligence, High Court judgment, chronic headaches, flare-ups, pain management.
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