Case studies

Penningtons Manches Cooper’s medical negligence team has recently settled a claim for the family of a baby who sadly died when he was three months old.

We settled a claim against Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust for a man who died following a delay in recognising and treating his serious infection. If intravenous antibiotics had been prescribed earlier, he would have likely survived.

Our client visited his GP complaining of symptoms consistent with meningitis, which the GP initially diagnosed as an ear infection and persisted in that diagnosis for several weeks.

Our client had been suffering pain in his hand and wrist and found his grip affected and, therefore, his work as a plumber. He was advised to undergo routine carpal tunnel release surgery.

Our client, who was a keen golfer and fisherman, had what was intended to be a straightforward arthroscopy procedure to his right shoulder following the onset of pain.

Our client was admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of peritonitis, an inflammation of the stomach lining. Although she initially made a good recovery, she became increasingly ill and subsequently went into septic shock.

We have recently settled a claim for the mother of a 14-year-old girl who sadly passed away from sepsis in 2018. Her death resulted from failings in her medical treatment while under the care of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.

Sepsis is a medical emergency which must be diagnosed and treated quickly to avoid what can be devastating consequences. We have settled a case where a failure to act on characteristic signs of sepsis very sadly led to a fatality.

We have recently settled a claim for the widower of a woman who sadly passed away because of failures in her medical treatment. The claim was against North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Our medical negligence team has recently settled a claim for a young man following a missed diagnosis of sepsis. He attended his GP, feeling very unwell with back pain to the point of barely being able to walk.