Stephen Webber compensation case studies
Stephen Webber is one of Wales' leading
medical negligence solicitors
Partner Stephen Webber is head of the Hugh James medical and
clinical negligence team. Based at our Cardiff head office Stephen
handles negligence cases from all over the UK.
Successful
negligence compensation wins:
Recovered
£7.8m for a young girl following a failure to provide appropriate
anti-epileptic medication which resulted in
severe brain injury. Our client received a large lump sum and
annual payments for the rest of her life which allowed her to have
24 hour care, alterations to her property and all the equipment
that she required to cope with her injuries in the future.
Recovered
£100,000 on behalf of a widower who lost his wife after negligent
nursing care following a routine operation when the nurses didn't
review the fluid balance and the deceased lost too much blood
and suffered a fatal heart attack.
Recovered
£330,000 for the family of a woman whose cancer was mis-diagnosed
when the hospital failed to appropriately
diagnose cancer from a biopsy which resulted in
a delay in treatment which eventually caused our client's
death. The money ensured financial security for her
children.
Recovered £4m
on behalf of our client who suffered from
cerebral palsy as there was a negligent delay in
delivering our client which resulted in oxygen starvation and
severe brain injuries
.The compensation allowed
for our client's family to purchase her a property as well as all
of the equipment she required for her future. It also allowed
her to have a team of carers to look after her for the rest of her
life.
Recovered
£60,000 for parents who lost their child shortly after it was
born. There was
a negligent delay in delivering the baby which,if avoided, would have resulted
in the baby surviving. The compensation recovered was for the bereavement
award, psychiatric injuries as well as loss of
earnings.
Recovered £60,000 for our client
who had a
mis-diagnosed scaphoid
fracture. Our client attended the hospital after a
fall which resulted in a painful wrist. The doctors
failed to diagnose a fracture to his wrist which resulted in a
delay in treatment and ongoing problems of weakness in his hand and
wrist.
Recovered £335,000 on behalf of
our client who suffered a negligent delay in treating her
back problems. Our client complained of back problems for a
number of years and there was a negligent delay in treating
her. The problem has left her with a permanent pain in her
back which has affected her ability to work.
Recovered
£70,000 on behalf of client who had negligent bowel surgery.
The surgery caused our client to suffer from a significant period
of recovery and had to undergo further operations because of the
negligent surgery.
Recovered
£50,000 for our client where the hospital failed to diagnose a
fracture to his
arm when he went to accident and emergency. This
resulted in a delay in treatment and ongoing problems.
Recovered
£3.3m on behalf of our client where there was delay in treating an
infection in our client's back which resulted in paraplegia.
The compensation allowed our client to purchase an adapted property
and also all the equipment and care that she required for the rest
of her life.