September 29th, 2009
A family has been awarded £410,000 in compensation after a woman died due to errors during a caesarean section.
Joanne Lockham, 45, had been admitted to Stoke Mandeville Hospital at Aylesbury in October 2007 and staff made the decision to give her a caesarean when her baby’s heartbeat dropped.
The patient was put under a general anaesthetic, but doctors mistakenly inserted the oxygen tube into her oesophagus and not her windpipe. She was deprived of oxygen for half an hour and her heart stopped a minute after the baby was born.
Ms Lockham’s life support was turned off two days later.
Her husband Peter decided to sue Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust after it admitted liability for the death and for "serious failings" in Ms Lockham’s care.
Mr Justice Burnett has now approved a compensation settlement of £410,000 for the loss and to cover the long-term care needs of the baby.
According to Babycentre.co.uk, approximately one in four pregnant women gives birth by caesarean every year.
Tags: Aylesbury, Babycentre, C Section, Caesarean Section, Doctors, General Anaesthetic, Half An Hour, Heart, Heartbeat, Hospitals Nhs Trust, Joanne, Long Term Care, Mr Justice, Oesophagus, Oxygen Tube, Pregnant Women
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August 26th, 2009
A family is taking legal action against First Choice after claiming that poorly maintained facilities at an Egyptian hotel led to food poisoning.
Joanne Ashley and Barry Hookway took their six-year-old daughter Lauren to the Sonesta Beach Hotel in Sharm el Sheikh in June, but fell ill shortly after arriving.
They suffered from severe sickness and diarrhea and claim that this was due to undercooked food and meals being kept lukewarm for too long, as well as insects flying around the kitchen.
Ms Ashley said: "The holiday was completely ruined. In fact, the only time we left our apartment was to return home."
Upon their return to Weston, they decided to take legal action against First Choice after finding that they had had salmonella.
First Choice insists that its hotels are kept to the highest levels of cleanliness and denied that there is a problem with the Sonesta Beach.
British tourists who suffer from an accident, personal injury or food poisoning while on holiday can sue their tour operator for compensation as long as the holiday was a package which included travel and accommodation.
Tags: Accommodation, Apartment, Ashley, British Tourists, Cleanliness, Daughter Lauren, Diarrhea, First Choice, Holiday Food, Hookway, Hotel In Sharm El Sheikh, Hotels, Insects, Joanne, personal injury, Salmonella, Sharm El Sheikh, Sonesta Beach Hotel, Tour Operator, Weston
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July 21st, 2009
A woman whose husband died in an enemy ambush in Iraq is suing the company he worked for in an attempt to get compensation.
Julian Davies, 39, had been working for Global Strategies Group as an SAS solider in Iraq in 2004 when his convoy was attacked after taking a detour, BBC News reports.
He was shot in the head and died later in hospital. Mr Davies’ widow Joanne claims that Global Strategies Group failed in its duty of care for her husband in that it did not have emergency contingency plans in operation, plus it did not provide armoured vehicles.
She is suing the company – which denies liability – for up to £300,000.
Mr Justice Burnett in the high court must now decide if the company was liable and if so, how much it should pay to the widow in damages.
In a similar case earlier this month, it was revealed that Graham Hopps, an engineer in Iraq, was suing engineering company Mott MacDonald and the Ministry of Defence after his shoulder was ripped out by a bomb blast.
Tags: Ambush In Iraq, Armoured Vehicles, Bomb Blast, Contingency Plans, Convoy, Duty Of Care, Engineering Company, Global Strategies, Hopps, Joanne, Julian Davies, Ministry Of Defence, Mott Macdonald, Mr Davies, Mr Justice, News Reports, Sas, Solider, Strategies Group
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