During birth, Mark's shoulder became stuck behind the base of his mother's abdomen (symphysis pubis) following delivery of his head. It was alleged that medical staff did not act adequately during Mark's delivery to deal with this complication and Mark suffered an Erb's Palsy injury.
Mark is now in his twenties and medical procedure has changed significantly to deal with this complication that can arise during birth.
It was thought that the prospects of success in this case at trial were no higher than 50%. The evidence was clearly one of fact and the trial judge could have ruled either way. An out of court settlement was agreed at £40,000; Mark and his family were delighted.
BackRelated news stories
If you believe that you might have a legal claim relating to this story, please complete the online enquiry form or call 0870 024 0558. Your enquiry will be forwarded to a solicitor who specialises in this area.
If you have any comments in relation to this story, please use the online discussion forum.
This news section contains stories of interest to our clients from publicly available news sources. Where we are representing the clients referred to in the news material we will say so. Where we do not represent individuals or bodies mentioned or quoted, the inclusion of the news story in our news section is not intended nor should it be taken to imply that we act for the individual or body concerned.
Related Areas
I like people that can do a job well - you certainly did that; you solved this rather confusing case. I genuinely appreciate all your effort and respecting all my points of view: Stephen, London
