Our client developed disseminated tuberculosis
further to which he developed an abscess on the left side of his
lower neck. Once the neck abscess had healed, our client was left
with an unsightly scar. He later went to the Chelsea &
Westminster Hospital where he underwent revision of the scar.
However, following the surgery, our client
suffered an excruciating pain plus loss of power in his left arm.
Further to subsequent review and investigations, our client was
advised that his accessory nerve had been severed during the
surgery.
Although our client then underwent corrective
surgery, he continues to feel severe pain and also experiences
considerable loss of power and function.
We sent the Defendants a Letter of Claim,
following which they admitted breach of duty in severing the
accessory nerve during the original surgery.
With regards to causation, they admitted that
this had caused damage to the accessory nerve and that it will have
caused weakness and wasting of the trapezius muscle however, they
denied that causation had caused our client to suffer from pain and
weakness.
The matter was subsequently settled in our
client's favour for the sum of £110,000.
Nina Ali
Clinical Negligence Team
Hodge Jones & Allen