Appeal cuts Mark Keane’s Johnson & Johnson award to €886,000

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

The Court of Appeal reduced Mark Keane’s High Court award against Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (Ireland) from €944,074.46 to €886,000, allowing the company’s appeal in part. It upheld the finding that his right shoulder symptoms were linked to the workplace accident, while adjusting the future loss of earnings calculation.

The court deducted €42,000 previously awarded for future earnings related to an earlier accident and applied a 20% reduction to the remaining future earnings figure. It dismissed the balance of the company’s appeal.