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Archived News: Local Government: 2008 Clinical Negligence & PI: 2008 | 2007 Latest Articles: Chambers UK legal directory recognises 16 lawyers at Anthony Collins Solicitors as being Leaders in their Field 05 / 11 / 2008 Chambers UK, which provides independent rankings and editorial commentary on the legal profession, has recognised 16 lawyers at Anthony Collins Solicitors as being Leaders in their Field – a feat achieved by only a very small handful of firms in the region. For further information, please contact Simeon Ling on 0121 212 7426 Jail for Birmingham woman who left 60 abusive phone messages 05 / 11 / 2008 A Birmingham woman who has previously been given suspended jail sentences on two separate occasions for the same offence, has now been given two jail sentences, one for breaching an injunction, the other for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence. Jane Plant, Associate Solicitor at Anthony Collins Solicitors, handled the case for Castle Vale Community Housing Association. The story was reported in Vale Mail, a newspaper for local residents in the area in which the incidents occurred: http://valemail.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/jail-for-vale-woman-who-left-60-abusive-phone-messages/ For further information, please contact Jane Plant on 0121 212 7455 or email jane.plant@anthonycollins.com Anthony Collins Solicitors handles ASBO case involving teenage gang which terrorised a south Liverpool shopping parade 30 / 10 / 2008 Jane Plant, Associate Solicitor at Anthony Collins Solicitors handled the case for Liverpool South Housing which was reported in the Liverpool Echo: For further information, please contact Jane Plant on 0121 212 7455 or email jane.plant@anthonycollins.com Delay in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer – negligent administration of chemotherapy leading to death of wife and mother 28 / 10 / 2008 We recently settled a case for Mr H, the widower of Mrs H who died on 1 June 2003 from neutropenic sepsis. The background to Mrs H’s sepsis is that she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer, the cancer having been diagnosed in January 2003 (although we agreed the cancer should have been diagnosed 12 months earlier). The sepsis arose because Mrs H had been given chemotherapy without antibiotic cover. The claim concerned delay in diagnosis and treatment of the breast cancer and also negligence in the administration of chemotherapy and delay in the diagnosis and treatment of neutropenic sepsis. Inadequate resuscitation technique results in death of premature baby 28 / 10 / 2008 We were consulted by Mrs K, the mother or “R” who was born on 13 September 2006 at City Hospital. R was born premature at 27 weeks and he started having irregular breathing within a minute of his birth. Despite an attempt to resuscitate, R’s colour deteriorated, his chest movement was poor and his heart rate started to drop. Several attempts were made in order to resuscitate and ultimately, he was transferred to the neonatal unit and placed in an incubator. R actually had a pneumothorax which is the presence of air in the pleural cavity between the lung and the chest wall. This can cause the lung to collapse and cause death. Unfortunately a chest X-ray was not carried out and the pneumothorax was not diagnosed at the time despite the clinicians frantic attempts to resuscitate R.Upon further investigations on behalf of the family and with the input of a specialist independent neonatologist, we came to the conclusion that R’s pneumothorax would have been diagnosed by a chest X-ray and if so, with reasonable care and skill, the pneumothorax would have been drained successfully by a needle or chest drain. R was found at post mortem to be well developed for his gestational age and in those circumstances, diagnosis and treatment of the pneumothorax would have prevented his death. We negotiated with the Defendant Hospital Trust on behalf of Mrs K and whilst no formal admissions were made in relation to liability, we were able to successfully conclude a settlement in the sum of £15,000. Mrs K is obviously relieved at being given an objective explanation about the circumstances of her son’s death by our independent specialist. She stated that she was not really made aware in any detail as to what exactly happened following the birth of her son and she was thankful that matters had been independently looked into. Rankeshwar Batta, Senior Associate who handled the case on behalf of Mrs K commented that, “this was a very tragic case involving the death of a premature baby who died within a couple of hours. The family’s heartache was compounded by the fact that they did not really understand why their son had died and it was pleasing to be able to facilitate such an explanation for them and ultimately resolve the substantive clinical negligence claim on their behalf also”. If you would like more information about this case or clinical negligence generally please contact Rankeshwar Batta (rankeshwar.batta@anthonycollins.com) or telephone 0121 212 7427. For more information about any of these news articles, please contact Simeon Ling on +44 (0)121 200 3242 or email simeon.ling@anthonycollins.com
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