Case studies
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Coping with epilepsy – a mother’s diary
The Penningtons Manches clinical negligence team is representing a young man (D) who suffered a birth injury that left him with hemiplegia, cognitive difficulties and intractable epilepsy.
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Settlement against Queen Elizabeth Hospital following neonatal death
We recently resolved a claim for a family whose son died in hospital only a few hours after his birth. It had already been noted that the mother was suffering from pyrexia and meconium stained liquor was evident shortly after admission.
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£27 million settlement for cerebral palsy caused by birth injury at London hospital
Our clinical negligence team has recently settled a claim for over £27 million on behalf of a 10 year old child who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of negligent care at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. This is the highest settlement the team has achieved to date.
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£17 million settlement for child with cerebral palsy caused by negligent care at birth
Our clinical negligence team has recently settled a claim for a capitalised sum of £17 million on behalf of a nine year old child who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of negligent treatment during her birth at a London hospital.
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£7.75 million award for cerebral palsy caused by delay in diagnosis of meningitis following Group B strep infection
The claimant was born by ventouse delivery at 41 weeks gestation. His condition was poor on delivery, with grunting, jitteriness and some bleeding from the umbilical cord. He was initially transferred to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) for monitoring but was returned 45 minutes later.
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£4.5 million award for cerebral palsy resulting from birthing injuries
In this case, the High Court awarded our client, then aged 10 years, more than £4.5 million in damages for severe athetoid cerebral palsy resulting from a period of acute asphyxia during his birth.
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£2.6 million settlement for cerebral palsy caused by birth injury
Our client, a 14-year old boy, suffered severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties as a result of a hospital's alleged failure to identify foetal distress and to carry out an emergency Caesarean section.
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£9 million birth injury award arising out of failure to respond to CTG monitoring after reduced fetal movements
We recently concluded a birth injury case following a very complex investigation considering care dating back several decades.
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Life-time settlement for girl severely brain injured by hospital's negligence
In this case we negotiated a settlement for an 11-year old girl who suffered brain damage during birth because the hospital negligently failed to identify that she was being starved of oxygen.
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Compensation awarded following hypoxic ischemic brain injury sustained at birth despite brain cooling therapy
A claim was made on behalf of our client in relation to brain damage sustained at the time of her birth. Our client’s mother suffered a ruptured uterus during delivery and required an emergency caesarean section.
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Settlement of claim for hearing loss and cognitive injury caused by pneumococcal meningitis
A claim was made in relation to injuries sustained shortly after our client’s birth. Our client developed pneumococcal meningitis, which would have been avoided with appropriate treatment.
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Child's asphyxia from blocked ventilation tube
Our client was nine days old when he suffered asphyxia because a ventilation tube became blocked, starving him of oxygen and causing permanent brain damage.
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Parents' claim for stillbirth
We have settled a case against a local hospital where CTG traces as our client's labour progressed revealed that the unborn child was experiencing cardiac problems.
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Claim for negligent stillbirth
Our clients' son was stillborn owing to negligence in management of the labour. The hospital midwife failed to recognise signs of deceleration in the foetal heart rate.
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Death of baby due to incorrect insertion of long line causing pericardial tamponade
We settled a claim against Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust for the neonatal death caused by an incorrect placement of a neonatal long line which penetrated the right atrium causing cardiac tamponade.
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Brachial plexus injuries
Brachial plexus injuries can arise during birth, where excessive force or incorrect manoeuvres are applied to try to deliver a baby whose shoulder may be obstructed, preventing delivery.
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Medication error during labour leads to emergency caesarean
We secured compensation of £14,000 for a 26 year old woman in respect of the physical and emotional distress she suffered as a result of complications during the birth of her first child.
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Failure to advise parents of genetic abnormalities
Our client's first child tragically died 20 weeks into the pregnancy because of cardiac abnormalities, but our client was not advised of the risk to future children of the same genetic defect occurring.
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Failure to suspect ectopic pregnancy
Our client had already had an ectopic pregnancy as a result of which she had lost one of her Fallopian tubes. She later attended a locum GP at her usual surgery, complaining of abdominal pain.
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Delayed diagnosis of Turner's Syndrome
Our client was born with this condition which is genetic and affects around one in 2,000 girls in the UK.
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