Multi-million-pound payout for Bristol Royal Infirmary heart scandal victims
Two victims whose lives were shattered by the infamous Bristol Royal Infirmary heart scandal have been handed multi-million-pound compensation payouts. A 19-year-old was awarded £3.85million by a High Court judge after an operation carried out when he was a baby left him with severe brain damage, epilepsy, behavioural problems and autistic traits. Lawyers who represented…
£4 million victory for severely disabled girl who was starved of oxygen at birth
A six-year-old girl severely disabled after bungling doctors starved her of oxygen at birth has been awarded £4 million in compensation. Brave Holly Nixon needs round-the-clock care after she was born quadriplegic and suffering from cerebral palsy. Holly’s parents Emma, 36, and Carl, 39, sued the hospital for negligence claiming their daughter’s injuries could have…
Patient to sue hospital after £50,000 necklace goes missing
A patient is planning legal action against a hospital after her unique £50,000 diamond necklace vanished while she was unconscious following a fall at home. Psychologist Dr Valerie Stewart, 65, realised her 3.5 carat yellow diamond pendant was missing when she woke after six days in a coma. The necklace is irreplaceable because it was…
Worker sues for injury by CACTUS in case of compensation horticulture
A maintenance worker is suing his bosses for up to £10,000 after he was nearly blinded while pruning a CACTUS in a shopping centre. Carl Woodbridge, 22, was sprayed with toxic sap after he sliced into a branch on a 30ft tall cactus at ‘thecentre:MK’ in Milton Keynes, Bucks., in October 2008. The liquid squirted…
Red Arrows sued after horse is ‘killed’ by low-flying jets
An equestrian who claims her horse died after being spooked by the Red Arrows is suing the Ministry of Defence for damages. Distraught Laura Head, 25, says her £7,000 horse Alfie smashed its head against a stable door when nine of the display team roared overhead. She had only owned two-year old German horse Warmblood…
