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Efforts will be made to mediate Limerick Hurler's workplace accident claim against multinational

Date
2025-03-04

Stage
Trial

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

A former Limerick hurler, Mark Keane, aged 43, is pursuing a personal injuries claim against Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (Ireland) for a workplace accident that occurred on 10 September 2018 at the company's plant in the National Technological Park, Plassey, County Limerick. Keane alleges the company was negligent and breached its duty of care while he was working as a technician making contact lenses, resulting in a frozen shoulder and damage to his hand. He has undergone surgery and has been in pain, describing the injuries as "emasculated and mentally destroyed." The High Court heard that the case has already seen three days of evidence. Mr. Keane's lawyers, HOMS Assist, argue the incident caused sustained, continuous and severe personal injury, loss, damage, inconvenience and expense. Johnson & Johnson's counsel, Murray Johnson SC, accepted responsibility for the nerve damage and hand injury but denied liability for the shoulder injury.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Efforts will be made to mediate Limerick Hurler's workplace accident claim against multinational. Procedural stage: trial

When:

September 2018 Incident
September 10, 2018 Incident
June 2019 Other
November 2020 Other
February 2019 Incident
2000 and 2002 Incident
2000 to 2006 Incident
2025-03-04 Publication

Why: Photo: Collins) A former Limerick hurler, who says he was left with a painful frozen shoulder and damage to his hand because of a workplace accident at a Johnson & Johnson factory, went cycling for distances of up to 105K after undergoing surgery, the High Court has been told. CNI source report