Man who sued after wife died from cervical cancer settles case Padraig Creaven took action seeking costs of surrogacy as he tries to honour wife’s wish for child
Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 15:14 Updated: Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 15:47
Aoife Mitchell Creaven was 20 weeks’ pregnant in 2014 when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 terminal cervical cancer. Photograph: RTÉ
Padraig Creaven of Menlo, Galway, widower of Aoife Mitchell Creaven after he settled his High Court action over the death of his wife. Photograph: Collins Courts
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A man who sued following the death of his wife from cervical cancer has settled his High Court case on undisclosed terms.
A husband is claiming the costs of surrogacy in a High Court action following the death of his wife from cervical cancer.
Padraig Creaven wants to honour the wish of himself and his late wife Aoife to have a child, the court heard.
His case against the HSE, three laboratories and a hospital centres on alleged misinterpretation of his wifeâs cervical smear in 2011 taken under the CervicalCheck national screening programme. All the claims are denied.
Aoife Mitchell Creaven was about 20 weeks pregnant through IVF in 2014 when she found out she had terminal cervical cancer and her life expectancy was limited. She had to travel to London to have the much-wanted pregnancy terminated as chemotherapy was the only option.
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The HSE and a US laboratory have told the High Court they “deeply regret the pain, suffering and incalculable loss” experienced by the family of a woman who died of cervical cancer.
A MAN wants to honour a wish he and his deceased wife had, which was to have a child, and he is claiming the costs of surrogacy in a High Court action following her death from cervical cancer.