May 2004

• Failed Hip Prostheses - Exploring the Patient’s Rights
  Hip replacement operations can provide effective treatment for the problems of mobility and pain and more than 43,000 hip replacement operations are carried out by the NHS per year. 25 May 2004
• £700,000 for car crash which cost pedestrian her leg
  A woman has received substantial damages after she had to have her lower leg amputated when a car ploughed into her just outside her front door. She was represented by our specialist personal injury solicitor Sally Moore. 25 May 2004
• Parents of blood disease child get £180,000 compensation
  The parents of a child born with the life threatening inherited blood disorder, thalassaemia, have settled out of court with their local health authority for £180,000 plus costs. 24 May 2004
• Royal coachman compensated for fall from horse
  A former royal coachman, who cracked his ribs and badly hurt his arm when he fell from his horse, has received damages of over £10,000. 24 May 2004
• Out of court settlement for case which highlights the medical care of psychiatric patients
  The case of Roger Ramm, who died while being detained under the Mental Health Act, has settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. His mother was represented by the Human Rights department of Leigh Day & Co. 23 May 2004