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Johnson & Johnson appeals €944K award to former Limerick hurler Mark Keane

Date
2025-10-24

Stage
Trial

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

In October 2025, Johnson & Johnson appealed a €944,000 award granted to former Limerick hurler Mark Keane by the High Court for injuries sustained in a 2018 workplace incident. Keane, who was injured while freeing a colleague trapped in a machine at the company's Plassey plant, claimed nerve damage to his right hand and injury to his right shoulder. The High Court had awarded compensation for the hand injury and accepted the shoulder injury as caused by the incident. Johnson & Johnson accepted responsibility for the hand injury but denied the shoulder injury, arguing no substantial complaint was made during treatment and that the first mention of the shoulder problem appeared six years later. The company also challenged the pension, health insurance and future earnings awards as excessive. Keane's counsel maintained that the trial judge's findings were based on cogent evidence and were not reviewable.