Pages On: Head and Brain Injuries
Injuries effecting the head or brain are extremely dangerous and can have devastating consequences. Whilst even concussions have shown to alter the mental facilities of those suffering head injuries, a brain injury could outrightly disable a person. Even in the event of negligent childbirth, brain injuries can lead to a life with cerebral palsy. If you’ve suffered an injury to your head or brain, and you weren’t at fault, you will probably be entitled to personal injury compensation.
Brain injured victim of car accident awarded compensation
Posted: 30 July 2015
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A man from Bognor Regis has been awarded compensation after suffering a severe brain injury in a road traffic accident. 21-year-old Josh Humphrey suffered the ‘catastrophic’ injuries five years ago when he was involved in a car accident in his friend’s vehicle. He was only 16 when the accident happened, a collision that left one of his friends dead. The group had been on their way out for a day trip when the collision happened. In the months following the crash, Mr Humphrey spent long periods of time in a…
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Girl with cerebral palsy wins over £10m following hospital failings
Posted: 16 May 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
An 11-year-old girl has been awarded over £10million in compensation following birthing complications that left her severely disabled. The girl, who remains anonymous, suffered a respiratory collapse only minutes after her delivery at Malton Hospital in 2003. The nearest general hospital, York, was forty minutes away and ambulance staff were unable to get her there in time to save her from oxygen starvation and permanent brain damage. The girl now suffers with cerebral palsy and depends on her parents for around the clock care. The York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation…
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Mother wins payout of at least £14.6m for birth injury
Posted: 1 April 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
A mother is to receive at least £14.6million in compensation after her son suffered severe brain damage when he was starved of oxygen during birth. Now 12-years-old, James Robshaw suffers with severe cerebral palsy and will require around the clock care for the rest of his life. The High Court ruled today (1 April) that United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust must payout at least £14.6million in compensation for the birth injuries. It was heard in court that hospital staff failed to carry out a Caesarean section on Suzanne Adams or…
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Injured motorcyclist wins £10m compensation
Posted: 3 March 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A man has been awarded £10m in compensation after suffering a severe brain injury in a motorbike crash. 31-year-old Marcel Beasley suffered life-changing injuries which have left him requiring around-the-clock care, the use of a wheelchair, and he also has severely impaired speech. The compensation package arranged for Mr Beasley includes a £4.27million payout to help him purchase a specially adapted home, which will then be followed by tax free payments of £175,000 a year to help fund his specific care needs. In total, the package will be worth over…
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Girl Oxygen-starved at birth wins medical negligence compensation
Posted: 19 February 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
A young girl who was left disabled after she was starved of oxygen at birth has been awarded compensation. Ayla Ellison, from Ulverston in Cumbria, suffered serious brain damage when hospital staff at Furness General Hospital in Barrow failed to provide her with enough oxygen during her “traumatic” birth in April 2007. Ayla, who is now eight-years-old, depends on constant care and has to be fed through a tube. In 2012, Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust admitted staff negligence that resulted in Ayla’s disability. At London’s High Court it was…
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Brain damaged victim wins £10million for Cerebral palsy at birth
Posted: 25 January 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
Following a three-day long hearing at London’s High Court, a seven-year-old girl has won £10.1million in damages for being starved of oxygen at birth. Eva Totham was born with severe brain damage after birthing complications prevented her brain from receiving oxygen, leaving her with a mind that is trapped inside of a body that she can’t control. The award is believed to be one of the biggest personal injury payouts following a contested trail. The trust in charge of King’s College Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, admitted liability…
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Knocked down pedestrian claims accident caused brain damage
Posted: 25 November 2014
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Pedestrian Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A 42-year-old factory worker claims she suffered serious brain damage after being knocked down by a motorist in 2012. Iwona Sobelewska, from Poland, said she was ‘run over’ by Michel Alfred Threlfall in the car park of an off-license in Blackburn two years ago. It was heard at London’s High Court that Ms Sobelewska had suffered a severe head injury and a broken ankle in the accident. It was heard in court that Ms Sobelewska had no recollection of the actual accident, but was certain that she had been hit by…
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Partner blames doctors for death from untreated head injuries
Posted: 30 August 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A woman has blamed doctors for the death of her partner after they allowed him to leave hospital with head injuries that later killed him. Darren Roberts had been in a serious car accident, but was allowed to leave hospital only one hour after he was submitted. The father-of-one died the following day (6th of December). Mr Roberts had been involved in a two-car collision on the A541 at Afonwen, Wales, when he suffered the fatal head injury. It was heard that impact with the windscreen and rear view mirror…
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Boy to return home one year after cycling accident
Posted: 17 August 2014
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
16-year-old Ryan Smith is finally set to return home after spending one year in a specialist rehab centre following a serious cycling accident. The teenager was left with severe brain damage following the incident that happened in July 2013. Ryan was hit by a van while cycling to work, leaving him in a coma and with severe brain injuries. Ryan’s family drove more than 27,000 miles just to visit their son each day in Surrey where he was receiving specialist care. The Children’s Trust centre is around 200 miles away from…
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Sheffield boy wins NHS compensation after brain damage during birth
Posted: 15 May 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
A boy that was left with severe brain damage after a birthing complication has been awarded with a substantial NHS compensation package. 14-year-old Bradley Kendall sustained a permanent brain injury during his three-month-premature birth at the Jessop maternity unit in Sheffield. He now requires a great degree of care and will spend the rest of his life partially dependent on the help of others. Bradley’s parents, William and Joanne, blamed doctors for his brain injury and sued. They accepted a multi-million pound settlement at the High Court in London yesterday. The payout,…
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Cyclist “could’ve been killed” in pothole crash
Posted: 27 April 2014
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Pothole Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A cyclist from Bellfields said that he “could’ve been killed” when he was flipped off his bike after hitting a pothole when cycling home from a friend’s house. Tony Webber suffered serious facial damage in the accident and has criticised the state of the county’s roads. He had been cycling home from his friend’s house in Grange Road last Tuesday when the accident happened on Sloughton Road, near Stoke New Cemetery. He had not been wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, but doctors said that the force of the…
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Family sue over injuries sustained at Apollo Theatre
Posted: 9 February 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries
A family of six that sustained serious personal injuries in the ceiling collapse at the Apollo Theater in December has launched a legal claim for compensation. The Edwards family was amongst the seventy-six injured audience members who had been watching ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ at the time of the accident. Debris began to fall on the audience, leaving many people with serious injuries. Account manager from Tufnell Park, Gareth Edwards (31), suffered three fractured vertebrae, a broken shoulder blade and bruising on his brain in…
Read MoreMultimillion-pound payout to 10yo girl who suffered brain damage from medical negligence
Posted: 28 January 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
Great Ormond Street Hospital are to pay out multi-million pounds worth of compensation to a young girl who was left severely brain damaged following a major medical error. 10-year-old Maisha Najeeb was accidently injected in the brain with glue after two syringes were mixed up prior to the procedure. The injection was meant to block the bleeding of blood vessels in her brain, but instead left her with severe brain damage. Judge William Birtles approved a settlement against Great Ormond Street Hospital at London’s High Court. Maisha, who is now 13,…
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Brain damaged boy awarded payout
Posted: 20 November 2013
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
A 9-year-old boy has been awarded with a payout of £10m after being left severely brain damaged following mistakes made during his birth. Aaron Crosby, from Lincoln, is unable to speak or use his limbs after he was starved of oxygen during his birth at Lincoln County Hospital. During his birth, his mother had been administered a drug, of which she was given excessive doses, to stimulate contractions during labour. Due to these hospital errors, a payout of £10m has been agreed – one of the biggest compensation packages believed to have…
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£6.5m birth liability agreed for 15 year old cerebral palsy sufferer
Posted: 9 November 2013
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
The family of a child born with cerebral palsy after undergoing birthing complications has received £6.5m after the hospital admitted liability. 15-year-old Olivia Banks was diagnosed with the condition just before she turned 1-year-old – a result of her brain being starved of oxygen during birth. Olivia, from Parkfields in Wolverhampton, requires 24/7 care and support, which Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust has agreed to cover with a payment of over £6.5m. This settlement will provide Olivia with life-long care, allowing her to have “as full a life as possible” –…
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Compensation for quad bike crash victim
Posted: 21 October 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Holly Raper, from Chorley in Lancashire, has been awarded with £175,000 in compensation after she suffered a serious head injury in a quad biking incident in Australia. Ms Raper had been working on a farm in Tasmania when she crashed the quad bike in December of 2011. She currently requires 24/7 care, which is being provided by her mother and a group of professional carers; doctors say that she will need this for the rest of her life. It has been heard that at the time of the accident, Ms…
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Woman's head injured after lightning struck home
Posted: 25 July 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury
A woman sustained serious personal injuries after lightning struck her home in Stoke-on-Trent, causing her ceiling to collapse in on top of her. The whole family was in the house at the time, on Glover Street in Birches Head, when emergency services were called. Firefighters believe that lightning must have struck the house’s television aerial, causing the damage to the roof. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said they believed that the woman “had been struck on the head by a roof tile when the ceiling fell in”. She is currently at…
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