High Court approves €700,000 settlement after fatal meatpacking machine incident

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The High Court approved a €700,000 settlement in a case brought by Shkurte Cokaj after her husband, Binak Cokaj, died following an incident involving a vacuum-packing machine at Kildare Chilling Company. The settlement was agreed by all parties after mediation and was made without admission of liability by the defendants.

The court heard that €17,500 of the settlement would be held for each of the couple’s two 11-year-old twin children. The judge also approved the plaintiff’s costs and described the settlement as fair and reasonable.