Statute barred man from taking case, said HSE

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which the HSE requested the Court to determine as a preliminary issue whether an action taken by a husband following the death of his wife was barred by the Statute of Limitations. In January 2012, the husband of a patient who died in hospital from cancer sued the Health Service Executive arising from her death in June 2010, and proceedings were issued pursuant to section 7 and section 48 of the Civil Liability Act 1961. In June 2014, the High Court considered a motion brought on behalf of the HSE…