CASE NAME AND REFERENCE: Margaret Kelly V Bon Secours Health System Limited
COURT OR TRIBUNAL: High Court. (Mr. Justice Cross) (26th January 2012)
JURISDICTION/SUBJECT MATTER: Bullying and Harassment personal injury claim; award of €60,000
Background
The plaintiff employee began working in February, 2003 at the defendant’s hospital in Tralee, Co. Kerry, as a temporary/part-time receptionist and then in the Records department in February 2004. She subsequently went on certified sick leave and ceased work in 2006.
She claimed damages for injury, loss and damage caused by two distinct matters.
The first was a back injury sustained in August, 2004 when carrying files.
The much more involved aspect of the plaintiff’s claim was a claim for injury and loss caused by
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