Clinical Negligence Success Stories

£100,000 Awarded for unnecessary surgery

Julia underwent surgery in March 2006 to remove a malformation from her back. During surgery there was significant blood loss and a transfusion was required. She feels that she was not offered any alternative treatment.

Following the operation the Julia was advised that there had been a problem during the operation and that some of the muscle in her back had been removed with quite a lot of the malformation.

Julia has continued to suffer continuous back pain ranging from a dull, heavy ache to a sharp pain, also tenderness in the area of the malformation. She can no longer lie on her back and any pressure on her back is painful. She also suffers headaches which are almost constant and range from a moderate nagging pain to being so severe that she cannot even stand up.

Julia has been depressed by the after effects of the surgery as she is unable to run after her children or pick them up or do the usual things that she used to do. She is concerned that her children see her as someone who is always ill and always needs to lie down. She does not have the same energy she used to, and she feels that this is affecting her relationship with her partner.

Tim Jones of the clinical negligence team, investigated Julia's claim, arguing Julia's point that the surgery should never have taken as there were alternative treatments that she should have been offered.

Tim managed to agree a settlement for Julia and she was awarded £100,000.00 in compensation.

Julia is relieved that this "life changing amount of money" will provide both her and her family with the financial security that she feels is so important for their future.

If you or anyone you know have been affected by similar circumstances and would like some specialist legal advice please contact us on 0800 694 044, email us at: injury@footanstey.com or click here to contact us by other means.

£123,000 awarded for negligent dental treatment

A woman in her forties has been awarded £123,000 after a dentist failed to diagnose and treat a severe dental problem.

Simone was a patient of the same dentist for 20 years. She was careful to attend regularly for check-ups. Each time she went, she was relieved to be told that her teeth were fine and did not require work.

Simone then developed an abscess on a wisdom tooth and saw an out of hours dentist. She was advised that she had 'very big problems' and was prescribed antibiotics. Her own dentist however said that the other dentist was 'scaremongering' and confirmed that there was nothing to worry about.

She suffered toothache from the time of her first emergency appointment. Her own dentist never emphasised the presence of gum disease or what the implications were.

Eventually he referred her to a hygienist stating in the referral letter that the client suffered from chronic gingivitis/periodontitis, which had deteriorated over the last year. This was the first time this was mentioned.

Simone then attended a different dental practice where it was confirmed she was suffering from chronic periodontitis. She had receded gums and bone loss in all quadrants. Most teeth were loose. They referred her to the University of Bristol Dental Hospital.

Simone has suffered significant bone loss in her teeth, recession and teeth mobility. As a result, she requires dental implants and will also require lifelong specialist periodontal therapy.

Because of this Simone has suffered both physically with severe, continual toothache and mentally, which has prevented her from going out and from eating in public, she also feels that her speech has been affected.

Tim Jones of the clinical negligence team at Foot Anstey has represented Simone in this matter and secured her compensation totalling £123,000.00

Simone will now be able to fund the necessary immediate course of dental treatment, the lifelong follow-up care she is going to need and the counselling she needs to help with the emotional trauma caused

Personal Injury Success Stories

£14,000 for injuries following accident in car park

Amy was reversing into a parking space in a car park when someone, whose vehicle was parked in a space to her right, reversed out of the space colliding with the driver's side of Amy's car.

As a result of the accident Amy suffered shock, low back pain with stiffness and discomfort and pain in the right elbow.

A course of physiotherapy treatment was arranged.

Her low back pain was expected to heal over a period of approximately 5 months but a cortisone injection was needed to the right elbow.

Amy had to have time off work and give up playing netball, she was also unable to follow her other hobby of salsa dancing for over a year.

Unfortunately Amy's back did not recover and an MRI scan showed that she had suffered disc damage as a result of the accident.

Nikki Millings a road traffic accident specialist in the personal injury team at Foot Anstey investigated and secured Amy over £14,000.00 in compensation. Amy will now be able to afford to buy equipment which will help to strengthen her back for the future.

If you or anyone you know have been involved in any kind of accident and would like some specialist legal advice please contact us on 0800 694 044, email us at: injury@footanstey.com or click here to contact us by other means.

More than £4,500 in compensation for ear cut by hairdresser

Becky, an experienced hairdresser cut her client's ear in a momentary loss of concentration.

Jenny went to her usual salon to have her hair cut for the first time in some months. This was a big event for Jenny as she was slowly building her confidence after a nervous breakdown.

Becky appeared a little agitated and said this had been caused by unrelated incident, Jenny explained to her hairdresser that this was a big deal for her and that she needed her to concentrate fully. Jenny noticed that Becky was constantly looking around and appeared very distracted.

Jenny then felt excruciating pain and saw a lot of blood coming from her ear. Becky gave her a towel to hold over the ear, Jenny said that she needed to go to A&E, but ended up waiting 15 minutes for another stylist to finish her client's hair before she could drive her there.

Once at A&E the injury to her ear was cleaned and glued and steri-stripped. Jenny had to return for out patient treatment on three further occasions.

The whole incident had a negative impact on Jenny's recovery as she was unable to sleep properly or wash her hair, she remains very concerned that she will be left with permanent scars and a deformed ear.

Nikki Millings from the personal injury team at Foot Anstey pursued the matter and secured Jenny over £4,500 in compensation.

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