February 2004

European victims start legal action in US Court against Silzone company

Manufacturers of the Silzone heart valve are the subject of a medical monitoring class legal action, filed in Minnesota on behalf of 10 – 14,000 of the valve’s recipients in the European Union. Richard Meeran, specialist solicitor at Leigh Day & Co. heads the European arm of the international team of lawyers.

Justice for families in adoption scandal

After Angela Cannings’ conviction for killing her three children was overturned, it prompted a review of 258 cases where parents were sent to jail for murdering their children. However there are still 5,000 British children who have been taken into care or adopted because their parents were accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP).

Fire engine crash case settles for record damages

Leigh Day personal injury solicitor, Sally Moore, settles the case of successful advertising executive, Max Burt, for £8 million (at full value), after a crash with a fire engine left him with catastrophic injuries.