Spinal Injury Compensation Client Stories

‘Simon’ – Getting the right help in place

In 2009, Simon hoped to rise through the ranks in the military. On the road to realising his dream and over halfway through a training course, Simon returned home on leave and made the most of his time off by socialising with friends and family.

‘Adam’ – A groundbreaking case

Adam was just 25 when the accident happened. It was early one morning when the year was barely two weeks old. He drove his work van along country roads covered by recent, heavy winter rainfall.

‘Alex’ – From strength to strength

When Alex was just 15, she sat in the rear seat of a friend’s car. As there had been some recent heavy rainfall, the road conditions were wet and slippery.

‘Benjamin’ – Missed diagnosis of a spinal abscess

In this case, our client sustained injury as a result of a failure by those in charge of his hospital care to properly diagnose and treat a spinal abscess which led to organ failure, being placed in an induced coma and spinal cord injury resulting in reduced lower limb power and rendering him a permanent wheelchair user.

‘Harry’ – Life changing injuries following clinical negligence

Our client was a hospital patient who failed to undergo an urgent MRI scan which would have revealed a spinal epidural haematoma (an accumulation of blood which compresses the spinal cord). Such a diagnosis would have led to early surgery to relieve the pressure on the spinal cord and the prospect of a full recovery. As a result of the delay our client sustained permanent paraplegia resulting in him being paralysed from the waist down.

‘Caroline’ – Paralysed during spinal surgery

During the course of cervical spinal surgery the surgeon extended the surgical instrument into the spinal cord, causing irreversible damage. Aged 56, our client was left paralysed below the elbow with loss of function and sensation leaving our client entirely dependent upon others.

‘Liam’ – Spinal injury sustained in surgery

In this case, our client attended hospital for routine spinal surgery to replace a disc in their spine. After the first operation, they were initially rendered tetraplegic. Urgent follow up surgery was undertaken to attempt to revise the initial surgery but with only limited success. Our client was permanently rendered paraplegic.

Alan’ – Fractured Spine sustained in an Accident at Work

In this case, our client was injured as a result of an accident at work where he sustained a fractured spine (L3 vertebrae) which required surgery. In addition to his fracture spine, he suffered from black eyes, a cut to his chin, an injury to his neck and an injury to his head with subsequent memory difficulties and extensive bruising. Our client also suffered depression, nightmares and frequent sleep disturbance and was unable to return to work following the accident.

‘Simon’ – Workplace accident resulting in a serious back injury

In this case our client sustained a serious back injury as a result of a workplace accident. The incident occurred when our client tripped over an empty box left behind him, without his knowledge, causing him to fall to the floor and suffer the following injuries and medical treatment.