Personal Injury

A baby damaged at birth has failed to recover damages. In Garcia v East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust the court looked at what was the cause of the damage to the child was and determined there was no negligence by the NHS trust concerned. Difficult cases such as this will rest on the medical evidence concerned.

Craig Shaw of Sedgwick Phelan Accident Claims Experts (SPACE) says:

"We handle a wide range of personal injury cases and few are as traumatic as when a baby dies or is injured at birth. A damaged child will cost the parents a lot of money to raise and where the hospital has been negligent a claim can be brought. Although in the Garcia case, the connection between the action of the hospital and the damage was not found (and the court determined that even if the child had been induced and the birth been earlier the injury (a stroke) would still have occurred) in other cases a valid claim can be made. It is also important that those responsible are called to account. The same applies if you are injured at work through the fault of an employer or in an accident such as whilst driving the car.

Many personal injury cases can be handled on a no-win, no-fee basis if you prefer and once liability is established the question of damages needs to be determined. If you need any advice on personal injury issues contact us for information"

Call Craig Shaw on 0845 050 6942 for advice.

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