Delayed diagnosis of knee fracture

Davies and Partners settled a claim arising out of delayed diagnosis of a left knee fracture. Mr B was involved in a motorbike accident and was unable to weight bear on his left leg. His leg swelled up and was very painful. As the pain and swelling did not settle Mr B attended A&E. He […]

Complications arising following caesarean section

Davies and Partners were instructed on behalf of GM in relation to complications arising following the birth of her son by way of caesarean section. She went into spontaneous labour at 34 weeks gestation and was transferred to the Worcester Royal Hospital. There was a delay in the second stage of labour with her baby […]

Complications following caesarean section

The patient suffered a broad ligament tear during the course of a caesarean section. This caused a large intra abdominal haematoma that led to multifocal incomplete bowel obstruction. The incomplete bowel obstruction did not settle on conservative management so the patient underwent a laparoscopy for relief of small bowel obstruction. The laparoscopy posed a technical […]

Clinical negligence claim against the George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust

Davies and Partners were instructed to investigate a claim for clinical negligence against the George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust following the birth of Mrs X’s son on the 28th September 2007. Mrs X raised concerns about the treatment she had up to and including the birth of her son. This was her first pregnancy and […]

Birth injury leading to difficulty with bowels and urinary problems

Mrs D gave birth to her first child in 1998. Delivery was facilitated using forceps and a ventouse. Mrs D sustained a third degree tear from which she made a good recovery although she went on and developed post natal depression. Subsequently, she had two miscarriages. In February 2001 Mrs D became pregnant with her […]

Failure to diagnose 4th degree tear during child birth

Davies and Partners were instructed to act on behalf of Mrs X who suffered a 4th degree tear during delivery of her first child. Unfortunately, the Defendant failed to recognise this was a 4th degree tear and undertook a surgical repair surgery in the mistaken belief it was a 3rd degree tear. For information purposes, […]

Negligent treatment at time of birth leading to cerebral palsy

This matter involved the mismanagement of KG’s birth. KG’s mother attended the hospital on the 28th October 1990 at 8.00am experiences abdominal pain at 34 weeks. She was admitted and some observations were carried out but very few over a 12 hour period despite having regular contractions. Unfortunately KG’s condition deteriorated and he was born […]

Still birth due to negligence at Birmingham Women’s Hospital

We successfully settled a case for Anna (whose name has been changed), who tragically suffered a still birth at 32 weeks of pregnancy as a result of the negligence of staff at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. At 31 weeks of pregnancy, Anna was diagnosed as suffering with gestational diabetes and was referred to a Diabetic Antenatal […]

Health visitor breaches duty of care – incorrectly plotting weight gain

The claimant (LK) was a child who was born at 33 weeks and 5 days gestation. The birth proceeded uneventfully and LK had no resuscitation, apgar scores were 9 at 1 minute, 9 at 5 minutes. Due to his prematurity he was transferred to the special care baby unit where a routine CT scan was […]

Claim following the loss of unborn baby at 36 weeks

Marie’s (whose name has been changed) claim was for the loss of her unborn baby 36 weeks into her pregnancy. The defendant admitted liability, but didn’t offer any settlement for the claim, which was for Marie’s pain, suffering and the psychiatric injury she suffered in both losing her child and having to go through the […]

Cerebral palsy resulting from the mismanagement of birth

This was a cerebral palsy case which resulted from the mismanagement of YM’s birth. This was a particularly long and protracted litigious case. The Defendant strongly disputed liability throughout. We obtained several reports from Neuro-radiologist to Paediatric Neurologist, Neo-natology evidence and life expectancy evidence. The Defendants filed a Defence and continued to contest liability up […]

Mismanagement of birth resulting in quadriplegic cerebral palsy

This is a claim that was sadly brought forward 3 years after the Claimant’s death, by the Claimant’s mother who was also her Litigation Friend. It was a claim for the mismanagement of birth which resulted in the Claimant having quadriplegic cerebral palsy. At 37 weeks pregnant, there was concern for the fetus’s uterine growth […]