Personal injury solicitors win £1m payout for teens

Those interested in medical claim processing have been told that two teenagers have been given payouts after they claimed that they are disabled after having heart treatments during their infancy.

Jessica Johnson has received £500,000 from the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust with the help of injury solicitors. The 18 year old is brain damaged and was operated on at Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1993 and again in 1995.

Although the trust did not admit liability for either case, it also paid Kristian Dixon £500,000 after he had heart surgery at the hospital in 1992.

Mr Justice Owen, who approved the award, said: "Kristian, to say the least, had an extremely difficult start to life, but the compensation he is now about to receive will go some way toward securing his future," the South Wales Argus reported.

Sarah Paneth, council for the trust, said that the payments were intended to help both teenagers have fulfilling futures.

In addition, Neal Allen, of Cambridgeshire, was last year paid personal injury compensation of £2 million after he suffered brain damage when a hospital did not diagnose an abscess.

Published by Hannah Carr