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Cauda Equina Syndrome settlement

Olive Lewin obtains compensation for client with rare syndrome

 

Deafness and brain damage after boy's misdiagnosed meningitis

Young client receives compensation after hospital missed meningitis

 

Five figure sum for patient who was injured by healthcare staff

Health professionals injured our client when forcibly restraining her

 

Olive Lewin settles Lithium toxicity case

Failure to monitor Lithium levels led to brain damage

 

Neglect verdict after death at private hospital

Michael Walsh, father of BBC medical correspondent Fergus Walsh, died following neglect

 

Compensation awarded after quadriceps tendon ruptured following knee replacement

Six-figure settlement for client who suffered an undiagnosed ruptured tendon

 

Settlement in Hong Kong case

Harinder Veriah, wife of journalist Martin Jacques, died in Hong Kong in 2000

 

Hospital missed aneurysm

A patient with high blood pressure and a severe headache was sent home and later died

 

Damaged ear and hearing loss results in payout

A young boy has received compensation after his eardrum was perforated

 

Injuries to mothers during childbirth

Leigh Day & Co represents many women who have suffered from injuries during childbirth which have resulted in psychological as well as physical damage such as perineal tears.

 

Mid Staffs cases start to settle

Dozens of cases relating to care at Stafford Hospital set to succeed

 

Basildon Hospital admits to safety failings

Kyle Flack died after trapping his head in bed railings

 

Paralysed TV correspondent wins £4.5 million in damages

Andrew Brown has secured compensation after being abandoned by his surgeon

 

Death of baby at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

Successful claim against hospital for failures of obstetric and midwifery care

 

Client receives compensation after missed cellulitis

Woman receives six figure sum after developing renal failure, septicaemia and osteomyelitis after cellulitis was missed

 

The clinical mismanagement of infections

Leigh Day & Co has significant experience in claims relating to the clinical mismanagement of difference types of infection

 

Significant settlement for client who developed meningitis soon after birth

Six-figure sum and periodic payments for young client with brain damage

 

Settlement following death caused by internal bleeding after liver biopsy

A substantial settlement has been awarded to a man whose wife died after undergoing a liver biopsy at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford

 

£1.5 million awarded for damages after brain tumour was missed

Delay in diagnosis of our young client’s brain tumour resulted in her becoming blind

 

Substantial compensation awarded after caesarean blunder

Suzanne White has secured damages for a nurse who developed a hernia after a caesarean

 

Double success for Olive Lewin

Clinical negligence partner Olive Lewin has secured substantial compensation for two people with cerebral palsy

 

“Neglect” included in verdict at inquest following death of man in Southend Hospital

Mr Kotwani died after a routine knee operation in December 2005

 

Appeal by oral pathologist and NHSLA thrown out

Leigh Day, who acted for the late Jane Manning, condemns scandalous waste of public funds