HGV driver wins more than £1,000,000 compensation in clinical negligence action

This practice has recently settled a clinical negligence claim for a former HGV driver who was injured at Barrow in Furness General Hospital following abdominal surgery. 

The man, who received over £1,075,000.00 in damages, sustained permanent disabling and very painful injuries when his legs were placed in stirrups during the course of a very lengthy operation.  The hospital failed to notice that this caused serious nerve and circulatory damage to his legs which could have been treated. The hospital eventually admitted liability for these injuries.

The client’s solicitor, Claire Horton, who manages the clinical negligence work at the practice, ensured that the compensation monies were paid into a Trust for the client, which means that he retains his right to obtain State benefits and payments for a carer from the Local Authority.

The man, aged 32, is planning to purchase a suitably adapted bungalow which will enable him to participate in his family life more fully again, despite his disabilities.  He is also able to pay for a carer/companion so that his wife, who was forced to give up her job as a Teaching Assistant to look after him, will be able to return to the work she enjoyed.

The former HGV driver experienced severe psychological effects because of the pain he endures.  He said however that he became a considerably happier person on the day following the settlement, knowing that he had been able to establish some financial security for his family, despite losing the job that he loved because of his injuries.

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John Pickering and Partners LLP
Old Exchange Buildings
St Ann’s Passage
29/31 King Street
Manchester M2 6BE
0161 834 1251
email:  hort@johnpickering.co.uk

Claire Horton is the Solicitor who heads up the Clinical Negligence department and she is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel and has over 18 years experience in Claimant Clinical Negligence claims.  Claire has acted for a number of claimants who suffer from cerebral palsy who have been successful in obtaining settlements in excess of £1 million.

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