A High Court test case – involving a patient who alleged he was sexually assaulted by Dr Michael Shine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co. Louth – has settled for a six figure sum.
Ronan MacConnoran of Ardee Road, Dunleer, Co. Louth sued the 80 year old former orthopaedic surgeon, the North Eastern Health Board and a representative of the hospital for emotional suffering.
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He was 16 when in 1993 he was referred to Dr Shine having complained of neck pain.
His solicitor David Coleman says today’s settlement may help finalise one-hundred similar legal actions:
