Case Settlements

Last updated Sunday 23 September, 2007

GS
T12 paraplegic aged 55
CR v IM
Severe brain damage. £1.8 million settlement.
MS
Boy of 9 running across road - liability agreed at court at one third. Settlement approved at £1 million (representing £3 million at 100%)
JN
Severe brain injury, with orthopaedic injuries. Settled in 2005 for £1.425 million
J A v *** Hospital
Severe brain injury at birth. Liability eventually admitted. Claim settled for £4.2 million. Lump sum. Reverse indemnity
MS
Injury aged 70. Tetraparesis/tetraplegia. £1.36 million.
JE
Whiplash injury with significant vestibular dysfunction. Settlement for £1.5 million.
JC
Cerebral palsy caused by admitted negligence at birth. Settlement of £3.9 million approved by the Court.
MW
T6 paraplegic, with other injuries rendering him close to tetraplegic. Total settlement £4.4 million .
Minimal Conciousness State
The Claimant was born in 1957 and so was 42 at the date of the accident in1999. She was 47 at the date of settlement. The following figures were considered by her legal advisers to be reasonable, and were approved by the Court, but they were not agreed by the Defendant. Life expectancy was said by the Claimant's expert to be 12 years from date of trial.
Estimation of the Claimant's career path

Future cost of playing golf.
AJR v CC Co Ltd
Mr AJR was born on the 7th May 1977 and so was 21 at the date of the accident on the 14th September 1998.  He was 25 at the date of settlement.
CCS v HCAL and DHL
Extremely severe brain damage. Settlement at £1.8 million (£1.5 million after deduction of 15% for contributory negligence).
RJ and DP
Mr J suffered an extremely severe brain injury which has caused impaired cognition affecting memory.
PS v MD
A severe head and brain injury
SPB v NH
The first issue on contributory negligence was the allegation of passengering a drunk driver
R J F and D F T
The Claimant suffered a closed head injury with post-traumatic amnesia together with soft tissue injuries to the face, left arm and left shoulder
CCS v. HCAL and DHL
Extremely severe brain damage. Settlement at £1.8 million (£1.5 million after deduction of 15% for contributory negligence)
M. W. v Ministry of Defence
Very severe brain damage caused by negligent shooting. Settlement of the quantum claim at £1,150,000
CF
Tetraplegia, settlement at £1.7 million (at 55% of full liability)
Janine R v The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch NHS Trust
£1.1 million for nurse's bad back- highest ever award?.
Jonathan James W v Vi****lic PLC
£1.950,000 for C4 tetraplegia.
Andrew L v Glan Clywd DGH NHS Trust
Settlement of claim for medical negligence- hospital failed to recognise fracture at T7, and so claimant became paralysed.
Lee W v Carl H and T****freight Ltd.
Multiple injuries caused when the defendant drove over the claimant in his lorry- settled for £350,000 the week before trial.
Keith L v Arthur D
Settlement at £1,285,000 on first day of trial, due to goodwill on both sides, and an excellent defence expert.
David W**** v Ministry of Defence
Tetraplegia, brain injury, amputation, burns. Settlement at £3.7 million. Method of settlement
Akram H**** and Saleem K***
Damages for C7 tetraplegia
Christine H**** and S**** Health Authority
Severe brain damage caused at birth. Life expectancy to age 36. Settlement at £2 million
Gordon M****
Excess speed by motorcyclist. Use of accident reconstruction experts. Part 36 offers
Aaron R**** and Simon B****
Severe brain damage; settlement nine days before trial. The effect of smoking. An alternative diagnosis of Alzheimers disease
Mark T***** v Ministry of Defence
Severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following a helicopter accident Principled negotiation by both sides
Andrew Paul W*** and S*** Special Metals
Severe brain damage; settlement at £2 million. Assessment of the provision of future care
F H and W B
Severe brain damage at 10 months of age. Settlement at £2.5 million
PM v PA
Brain and spinal cord injurySettlement for £1.2 million
Daniel M**** and Richard N****
Mr Danny M**** was born in 1948 and so was 46 at the date of the accident in July 1995. He was 52 at the date of settlement.
M. R. and C V
Mr M R was born in December 1969 and so was 20 at the date of the accident on the 22nd April 1990. He was 31 at the date of settlement.
G.T. and T.B. and D.G.B.
Above knee amputations. Two settlements at about £1 million. Dorset Orthopaedic artificial limbs
T. W.(a Patient) and R. S. and B. H. A.
Extremely severe brain injury. Settlement of 2.5 million. Approved by Gross J. in October 2001


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