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The claimant was just 28 years old when his GP failed to refer him to hospital one Thursday morning. By Friday evening he was seriously unwell. After a 999 call and an emergency ambulance to hospital, he was diagnosed with life-threatening sepsis. He then needed 4 months of hospital treatment – including over 3 months at a specialist centre in London, where he was put in an induced coma. He also needed ECMO [extracorporeal membrane oxygenation] treatment, a type of artificial life support, for 39 days.
The claimant’s road to rehabilitation was a long one. He needed multiple fingertip and toe amputations. He also suffered a permanent lung injury from his original infection, a necrotising pneumonia.
The legal claim was also a long process. The claimant built a case including evidence from three liability experts (in general practice, intensive care medicine, and microbiology) and six quantum experts. Despite the Defendant’s complete denial of liability, the claim was compromised for a very substantial sum shortly after a joint settlement meeting in September 2024.
While no settlement can change what happened to the claimant, the compensation should help him with his ongoing rehabilitation – and to live as full a life as possible.
Tom was instructed by Alison Johnson, Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper. For further information about sepsis, click here.
Tom specialises in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury – and has done so since joining Outer Temple Chambers in 2011. He does a good balance of claimant and defendant work.Tom is a former solicitor, having qualified at Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May in 2010 before transferring to the Bar.Before joining Outer Temple Tom was a Judicial Assistant to Arden LJ (as she then was) at the Court of Appeal during 2010-11.
To find out more about Tom, contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)20 7427 4907 for a confidential discussion.
News 10 Sep, 2024
Call: 2010
