Below are some compensation claims that Nelsons have recently dealt with.
Clinical Negligence
Clinical Negligence
Nelsons represented Mr H and his brothers in a claim for the inadequate care that their mother, Mrs H, received during her treatment at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in January and February 2008. After her admission to the Hospital, a series of...
A patient submitted a Clinical Negligence Claim after he suffered a fractured hip from a fall, during his stay in hospital. Nelsons represented Mrs P in a claim against Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Mrs P’s husband had terminal cancer...
In a case of Clinical Negligence , resulting in the death of Miss B, Nelsons were instructed to represent Mrs K in her claim for compensation against The Mental Health NHS Trust. Miss B was a detained patient under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act...
Mrs B was undergoing an operation and whilst the anaesthetic was being given, her upper left central incisor was fractured. Mrs B required the root of the fractured tooth to be extracted and needed a partial denture. She then had to undergo further remedial...
Miss J suffered an allergic reaction after a hospitals failure to adhere to a strict latex-free code during surgery. Nelsons represented Miss J in a claim against the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust following her exposure to latex during a...
In a case of clinical negligence Mrs I instructed Nelsons in a claim against X Hospital Trust, relating to delayed treatment of a bacterial corneal ulcer. Delayed treatment resulted in personal injury for the claimant Mrs I should have been admitted...
Nelsons were instructed by Mrs B in a claim against her GP. Mrs B consulted her GP with chest pains radiating into her left arm. She was short of breath. She was worried that she was having a heart attack. Mrs B was reassured by her GP that she was not...
Nelsons represented Mr K in a claim against Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after it failed to diagnose multiple injuries following a road traffic accident. Mr K was taken to hospital by ambulance but discharged only...
Mr H brought a claim on behalf of his late mother who had suffered a fall in hospital. Mrs H had dementia and was unsteady on her feet. She was already very frail and injured her lower back in the fall. There was a failure to assess the risk of falls...
After a paracetamol overdose which was ineffectively treated by the Accident and Emergency department, Nelsons represented Mr A in a clinical negligence claim against The NHS Hospital Trust. Mr A had taken approximately 24 Paracetamol together with some...
Nelsons represented Mr S in a case against X Ambulance Trust. Mr S was being transferred to hospital by ambulance in a wheelchair, which was supposed to be in a locked position. As the ambulance went round a roundabout the wheelchair moved, causing Mr S to...
Nelsons represented Mrs F in a claim for the inadequate care that her husband received during his hospital stay in February 2010. Mr F had many health problems following a stroke 26 years ago; however, he lived at home and his wife cared for him by...
Nelsons represented Miss X in a claim against East Midlands Strategic Health Authority after a Health Visitor failed to carry out important tests in the first few weeks of her life. Medical evidence showed that if a urine test had been carried out before...
Nelsons represented Miss M in a claim against X Hospital Trust arising from the stillbirth of her daughter. The claim was brought on the basis that when Miss M attended hospital at 36 weeks with abdominal pain, vomiting and tenderness of the uterus...
Mrs B was in poor health and had been a heavy smoker. She had chronic obstructive airways disease. A CT scan of her chest showed a suspicious mass in the lung. There was a failure by the hospital to take any action on the scan result. Fourteen months later...
Mr D instructed Nelsons in a claim against X Hospital Trust. He was having revision knee replacement surgery when during the operation, alcohol solution that was being used to wash out the wound caught fire. The flames spread quickly. Buckets of water had to...
Nelsons represented Mrs Z in a claim against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust following negligence during childbirth. Baby Z was born with cerebral palsy. Sadly, Mrs Z’s baby died a few months later. Mrs Z was left with gynaecological injuries...
Nelsons represented Mr G and his sisters in a claim against Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for the inappropriate treatment of bilateral acute subdural haematomas. This led to the death of their father, which would otherwise not have occurred. Mr...
Nelsons represented Ms G in a claim for the anaesthetic awareness she suffered during an operation on her heart. Ms G was admitted to hospital for cardiac ablation surgery in September 2010. She was very anxious about the procedure. In theatre Dr R,...
Nelsons represented Miss H in a claim against X Hospital Trust. Miss H was very nervous about dental treatment. When she needed teeth taking out, this had to be done in hospital under general anaesthetic or sedation. Miss H had four teeth extracted but one...
A Clinical Negligence Claim was made when a pregnant woman developed pressure sores during labour. Nelsons represented Mrs W in a claim against United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2007 Mrs W was admitted to hospital in labour and was given an...
Nelsons was instructed by Mr B when his former solicitors, who were conducting his clinical negligence claim, failed to serve court proceedings in time. This meant that his original claim was struck out. Mr B therefore instructed Nelsons to pursue a...
Mrs H had a background history of hypertension. In 2010 she attended her local emergency department with chest pain radiating to the back and left arm, shortness of breath, sweating and dizziness. Mrs H spent over two hours in the emergency department before...
Following complications after non-life threatening surgery to his neck Mr P came to Nelsons to pursue a claim for clinical negligence . When he came round from the operation, he couldn’t move one side of his body and was unable to breathe...
Mr T was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had two ultrasound scans which reported both testes as abnormal and infiltrated by tumour. He therefore proceeded to surgery when both testicles were removed. It was then discovered that the right testicle was...
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