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Case studies
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Multiple road traffic convictions amount to serious professional misconduct
Mr L appeared before his regulatory body's disciplinary committee in relation to a number of convictions for road traffic offences, including one for driving with excess alcohol.
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Navigating the challenges of marine salvage operations
At Penningtons Manches Cooper, we have extensive expertise in marine salvage law and are one of the few firms dealing with over 10 salvage cases per year.
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Negligence admitted after failure to treat major seizure in young child leading to hypoxic brain injury
This claim related to a hospital’s failure to manage a significant seizure,identify and act upon serious neurological deterioration, including respiratory distress, to intubate in a timely fashion, and to avoid the hypoxic brain injury a young child claimant suffered.
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Negligence by midwifery team leading to kernicterus brain damage
We are representing a young boy who has athetoid cerebral palsy and hearing loss, with learning difficulties, enamel dysplasia and impaired vertical eye movements, due to his form of brain damage called kernicterus.
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Negligence claim for client paralysed by avoidable stroke due to untreated high blood pressure
We have successfully settled a claim for our client who suffered a devastating haemorrhagic stroke due to delayed diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure.
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Negligence in diagnosis of child’s appendicitis
We are currently representing a minor in a case involving alleged failings in the diagnosis of appendicitis in April 2012. Our client was admitted to hospital over the Easter weekend.
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Negligence in face lift surgery
Claims arising from face lift surgery are, sadly, common. We have advised on a number of cases in this area.
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Negligent appendicectomy involving failure to remove entire appendix
We have recently settled a claim for damages for a client in relation to a failure to remove his entire appendix during a laparoscopic appendicectomy in February 2014.
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Negligent breast augmentation
A young woman, who was self-conscious of her breast asymmetry and their size relative to her stature, sought surgical advice to lift her breasts and improve her appearance and confidence.
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Negligent breast reduction surgery
In this case, a woman elected to undergo surgery to reduce her cup size, but this resulted in significant damage to her nipples because of the procedure and technique the surgeon adopted.
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Negligent delay in diagnosing breast cancer
We successfully settled a claim for a woman from Redhill in Surrey against her GP for failing to act properly on a lump which she feared might be cancer. The case highlights the need for patients to be persistent where they do not feel their concerns are being fully considered.
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Negligent delay in diagnosing thyroid cancer
We are representing a young woman in her early 20s with a clinical negligence claim arising out of a delayed diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
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Negligent elderly care highlighted after tragic hospital incident
We settled a claim against King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a client whose wife died following a fall in hospital.
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Negligent failure to diagnose ankle fracture
We have settled a claim on behalf of a client who fell and fractured her ankle. After being examined and having her ankle X-rayed in A&E, she was reassured that it was only a soft tissue injury and was discharged home to attend physiotherapy.
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Negligent knee replacement surgery
Knee replacement surgery has developed significantly and become much more widespread in recent years, but requires highly specialised surgical expertise.
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Negligent management of bilateral wrist fractures in pensioner
We settled a claim on behalf of the estate of a pensioner who received substandard medical care from King George’s Hospital in Ilford. Our client was a fit and active 76 year-old when she fell outside her home onto her outstretched arms, injuring her wrists and left shoulder.
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Negligent spinal surgery
We have recently settled a claim against a private spinal surgeon for negligent surgery to correct scoliosis which left our client suffering significant neurological damage. She has long-term severely impaired bladder function.
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Negligent surgery on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
Our client underwent ACL reconstruction to repair damage to the ligament but the surgery ended up causing significant further damage to the knee leading to revision surgery.
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Negligent surgery to correct rotated thigh bone
Our client underwent surgery to correct a rotation of his thigh bone that resulted from a road accident several years earlier.
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Negligent surgery to fix tibial fracture
Our medical negligence solicitors are pursuing a claim for a professional footballer who fractured his right distal tibial shaft and was admitted to hospital for surgery to fix the fracture by intra medullary nail insertion.
