Medical/Dental Negligence
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After a seven-year legal battle, a college lecturer has won compensation after delays in his medical treatment left him paralysed. Tim Joplin, 58, an artist and lecturer at Dudley College, was admitted to Russells Hall Hospital with pain in his shoulder and...
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A man who was left in agony after a failed operation has won a six-figure sum in damages. In October 2004, Gerald Morgan, 60, had a spinal stimulator implanted at the Royal London Hospital to help combat pain he had suffered from for many years. However,...
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In a landmark decision, the family of a woman who committed suicide while she was a patient in a psychiatric hospital has won £10,000 in compensation from the NHS Trust responsible for her care. Carol Savage, 50, absconded from the hospital in Essex...
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A woman who went into hospital for routine gallstone treatment has been awarded a compensation package worth £3.45 million, after a series of medical blunders left her with severe brain damage. In January 2001, Grannia East, 44, was admitted for...
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The family of a Staffordshire woman who died after a GP failed to diagnose that she had blood poisoning has received an out-of-court settlement. Josephine Brindley, a 36-year-old mother of two, visited her doctor shortly after injuring her shoulder in an...
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A schoolgirl who suffered severe brain damage at birth has been awarded a compensation package worth £6.5 million. Rhiannon Hayman, 15, was starved of oxygen during her birth at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend and now has severe cerebral...
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The family of an elderly patient who died of an insulin overdose administered by a hospital nurse has been awarded almost £50,000 in compensation. Doris Ludlam, 80, was one of four elderly patients who were given lethal injections of insulin by nurse...
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A woman who was left severely brain damaged after a doctor gave an incorrect diagnosis of her condition has been awarded more than £4 million in compensation. In 2002, Cristina Malcolm collapsed at her home in County Durham with a severe headache....
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A former contestant on Celebrity Big Brother and frontman of pop group Dead or Alive has won damages of £450,000 after a cosmetic surgeon who treated his lips admitted negligence. Pete Burns, 49, was treated by Dr Maurizio Viel at a London clinic...
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Two brothers have won a substantial undisclosed amount in compensation after blood transfusions they underwent at the Royal Liverpool Hospital were found to have poisoned them. Paul and Liam McNeely, 39 and 35 respectively, both suffer from a rare form of...
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The family of a young man who suffered a severe brain injury at birth has been awarded £3.8 million in compensation. The award comes years after the family was wrongly advised that it was not possible to bring a claim after their son’s third...
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An assistant social worker from Stockton-on-Tees has been awarded compensation after she was given more than the recommended dose of antibiotics. The error has resulted in permanent damage to her inner ear. The 60-year-old, who does not wish to be...
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The family of a man who died after a routine medical procedure went wrong has won £12,000 in compensation. Alun Stanton, 71, was admitted to East Glamorgan Hospital complaining of shortness of breath and was diagnosed with pneumonia. His family was...
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A man who attempted to commit suicide has won compensation of £90,000 after the hospital that treated him accidentally gave him an overdose of a drug designed to neutralise the pills he had taken. Michael Dexter, 58, had become depressed after leaving...
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An eight-year-old boy who developed cerebral palsy after mistakes were made during his birth has been awarded a damages settlement worth millions of pounds. Because of the medical blunders, the child, known only as ‘A’, has severe disabilities....
