Settlement in osteoradionecrosis case

Davies and Partners acted for Mr C in a claim following the development of osteoradionecrosis due to negligent dental treatment. In 2000, Mr C received radiotherapy to his jaw for throat cancer. Radiotherapy destroys healthy as well as cancerous cells and affects the bone’s ability to heal leaving Mr C at risk of developing osteoradionecrosis […]

Bethany Clemens deceased

14 year-old Bethany Jayne Clemens was the eldest child of Emma Oakes who lived in East Looe and was a student at Dame Hannah Rogers School, a special school for children with disabilities, in Ivybridge. Bethany had profound mental and physical disabilities. At the age of 1 she was diagnosed with RETT syndrome, a genetic […]

Severe hypoxic brain damage due to monitor failure

The patient suffered a mild cardial infarction at home and was admitted to hospital where she was treated with antithrombolitic agents. She suffered a further cardiac arrest but was resuscitated. The patient was transferred to the local specialist centre for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (“PCTA”). During this procedure the patient became unstable and re-arrested. She […]

Liability of medical practitioners for the acts of their schizophrenic patients

B suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. As a result of his condition he attacked his mother and killed his father. A claim was brought against the patient’s General Practitioner and Primary Care Trust alleging negligent failures in treating B’s mental illness as a result of which the attacks occurred. The principal issue in the case related […]

Damages for Gentamicin ototoxicity

The patient was admitted to hospital with a very high temperature. He had been unwell on and off for the preceding three months. A Group B streptococcus was isolated from blood cultures and he began penicillin. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed an aortic vegetation leading to a diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis. Following a discussion between the […]

Death of patient following failure to treat a wound infection

The Claimant suffered an injury to her left big toe when a bottle of wine fell from a shopping trolley she was pushing and a shard of glass cut the top of her foot. The tendon in her toe was damaged and she underwent a tendon repair following which her foot was placed in a […]

Neurological damage due to anticoagulation therapy

The patient suffered with angina and was admitted to hospital with severe angina symptoms following an episode of central chest pain radiating to her neck that was not relieved by GTN spray. Following her admission she was given anticoagulation therapy Clexane, a heparin derivative. Over the following few days, the patient began to experience pain […]

Negligent management of spinal inflammation condition

The Claimant suffered with ankylosing spondylitis. He fell at home in suffering a fracture of his cervical spine across the C6/C7 space. The Claimant was admitted to hospital where halo traction was applied. The effect of the halo traction was to cause the Claimant’s cervical spine fracture to distract and angulate. The Claimant was seen […]

Negligent blood pressure management by GP

The separated but not divorced widow of the deceased brought a claim for the death of her husband due to inadequate blood pressure treatment by his GP after the deceased died suddenly. Expert evidence criticised the drug regime implemented by the GP at the date of his death and an earlier GP as the blood […]

Failure to treat infection in infant leading to death

The claim was bought for bereavement damages as a result of a client called E who was born in September 2006. She had Downs Syndrome and Wests Syndrome and regularly attended New Cross Hospital due to a wheezy chest which was aggravated by her epilepsy. At the age of two, following a particularly bad bout […]

Hairdressing treatment – failure to carry out a skin patch test

Miss Smith who was 18 years old attended the Defendant’s hair salon with her mother to have her hair highlighted. She had had her hair highlighted on previous occasions, but this was the first time she had attended the Defendant’s salon. She agreed to pay £161.00 for the treatment. The stylist failed to carry out […]

Failure to conduct a proper psychiatric assessment

Davies and Partners successfully settled a case for a client against Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust. The client, who had taken an overdose and complained of hearing voices telling him to self-harm, was discharged home from hospital without undergoing a full psychiatric assessment. Later that night the client harmed himself, as a result […]