Case studies

Our specialist medical negligence team has achieved over £1 million in compensation for a young man due to the negligent management of acute ischaemia, which led to him sustaining an avoidable left above-knee amputation.

The personal injury team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has recently negotiated the settlement of a claim for a client in his fifties who suffered a below knee amputation as a result of a road traffic accident.

We recently secured £10,000 in an out-of-court settlement for a client who suffered a delay in surgical treatment to remove a blackthorn from his hand which resulted in the amputation of the tip of his thumb.

In this case our client sadly ended up requiring a below knee amputation with reduced life expectancy of between one and two years.

Our client was advised by a podiatric surgeon to undergo surgery for hammer toes, but during the operation the oxygen supply to her toes was depleted leading to ischaemia.

We achieved a settlement on behalf of a 31 year old motorcyclist who suffered severe leg injuries resulting in an above knee amputation.

We were instructed to advise on a case where a motorcyclist’s arm was amputated. The accident involved a car overtaking at a point where a single carriageway road split into a dual carriageway.

We have negotiated the settlement of a claim for a client in his 70s who suffered a below knee amputation as a result of a road traffic accident. He was riding his moped along a main road when a car pulled out of a side junction.