Case studies

This was a complicated claim on liability against both the deceased’s GP and the hepatology team at his local hospital. The claimants’ case was that the defendants had twice failed to arrange a hepatitis C blood test, leading to a failure to treat for hepatitis C and prevent the development of liver cancer.

Our clinical negligence team has settled a claim for a woman who suffered an extravasation injury following alleged negligent failings by medical professionals during cannulation and the administration of contrast dye for a CT scan.