FFW wins substantial compensation for a disabled girl
in clinical negligence claim arising out of paediatric
care
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Paul McNeil, a leading clinical negligence solicitor at Field Fisher
Waterhouse won substantial compensation for Romy Smith.
This is how the Letchworth GC and Baldock Edition Comet
reported the medical negligence case after the court gave judgement
earlier this month.
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Romy Smith was born prematurely at 29 weeks. She was given
an excessive dose of the sugar dextrose at the
Lister hospital when she was in special care and as a
result suffered severe and permanent brain damage. This
caused cerebral palsy, severe learning difficulties and
autism. Her communication and social skills are very limited and
she needs a constant care and she will remain totally dependent on
carers for the rest of her life.
Romy’s mother, instructed Paul McNeil to
bring the clinical negligence claim against the East and North
Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The Trust had previously admitted
liability and will pay Romy a lump sum of £2.36m and index-linked
“periodical payments” to cover Romy’s lifetime care expenses. These
will start at £96,000 a year, rising to £200,000 a year when she
becomes 19. Exactly how much Romy will receive depends on her life
expectancy as the annual payments are guaranteed for life.
Romy, now seven, “lives in a world of music”
which is a means of communication for her. The payment will also
cover the cost of music therapy.
Romy’s parents commented: "We are absolutely
delighted at the settlement that Paul McNeil has secured for our
daughter. Throughout the whole time that Paul has worked with us,
we have found him to be very caring, extremely skilled and highly
organised. He has kept our family's best interests at heart at all
times and has always answered any concerns we may have had calmly,
quickly and efficiently. We are enormously grateful to him for the
way in which he conducted our case and we cannot praise him enough.
We would not hesitate in recommending him to anyone."
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