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# damages - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Harper Lee sues agent’s son-in-law over copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird
The 87-year-old author alleges her agent’s son-in-law took advantage of her declining health to get her to assign the book’s copyright to him.
# damages - Monday 18 March, 2013
Insurer ordered to pay costs in data breach case
A High Court judgement is being hailed as a landmark ruling which makes businesses legally liable for data protection breaches.
# damages - Monday 4 March, 2013
Judge slashes €1 billion Samsung-Apple penalty in half
Apple had accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets.
# damages - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Swedish transsexuals seek damages for forced sterilisations
A court ruled last December that the practice – dating back to 1972 – is unconstitutional and violates human rights.
# damages - Friday 1 February, 2013
Woman who gave birth after sterilisation awarded €100,000 in damages
Karen Hurley gave birth to a baby boy with a fatal illness following her failed steriliation procedure.
# damages - Saturday 15 December, 2012
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# damages - Monday 26 November, 2012
Ex ‘Price is Right’ model gets $8.5 million in damages
The woman claimed the producers of the show discriminated against her after her pregnancy.
# damages - Friday 23 November, 2012
Michaela’s family to sue Mauritian paper for publishing dead body images
The 27-year-old was on honeymoon at the Legends (now Lux) Hotel in January 2011 when she was murdered.
Engineer challenges legality of renewable energy plan in High Court
Pat Swords claims the public have been denied their legal right to participate in planning and funding decisions for green energy projects.
# damages - Monday 12 November, 2012
Australian wins $200k from Google for ‘mobster’ defamation
Milorad Trkulja accused Google of defaming him with material which he said implied he was a major crime figure in Melbourne.
# damages - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
Widow receives landmark damages over death of husband
Margaret Madden today received over €720,000 in damages in relation to the shooting dead of her husband Terence in 1999.
# damages - Monday 30 July, 2012
Court to hear Apple’s €2 BILLION patent claim against Samsung
The smartphone giants will lock horns in a federal court in the US today, with Apple seeking $2.5 billion for patent infringement.
# damages - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
In full: Michael Lowry and Denis O’Brien’s statements on court ruling
Both men are looking forward to defending themselves against allegations made about the awarding of Ireland’s second mobile phone licence in 1995.
# damages - Friday 25 May, 2012
Doctor ordered to pay child maintenance after failed abortion
A woman in Spain sued the doctor for damages after she believed she had a successful termination when she was eight weeks pregnant. She gave birth to a healthy baby in 2010.
# damages - Friday 2 March, 2012
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# damages - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Ref justice: Danish football fan fined €250k for attacking referee
The match between Denmark and Sweden in 2007 was abandoned when Ronni Norvig tried to punch referee Herbert Fandel.
# damages - Wednesday 5 October, 2011
Sun forced into embarrassing climbdown over United star sex story
The tabloid’s publishers have agreed to pay Tom Cleverley “a substantial sum” in libel damages.
# damages - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
Not tonight, ma cherie: Frenchman ordered to pay damages to wife for lack of sex
The unusual court ruling followed 21 years of marriage which the man’s ex-wife claimed was lacking in sex.
# damages - Wednesday 20 July, 2011
Boy, eight, wins €3,500 over petrol station blast threat
An unidentified man held up a pump nozzle and cigarette lighter and threatened to “light this place up”, a court heard.
# damages - Tuesday 10 May, 2011
Max Mosley loses European court bid over press coverage
Former F1 boss had wanted change of law to force newspapers to warn individuals before publishing details about their private lives.
# damages - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
Judge awards €4m damages against Meath County Council
Awarding the money to a property company, Justice Peter Kelly said the council had exhibited ineptitude of a high order in its handling of property deal.
# damages - Monday 31 January, 2011
High Court awards Callely €17k in damages for Seanad suspension
Senator Ivor Callely has been awarded damages relating to his loss of earnings over his quashed Seanad suspension.
# damages - Tuesday 25 January, 2011
Boy receives interim award of €1.3m for injuries at birth
Four-year-old child suffers from cerebral palsy and will require 24-hour care for the rest of his life.
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