The compensation awarded following legal action by cauda equina syndrome medical negligence solicitors for improper diagnosis or incompetant treatment of CES can be substantial especially in younger victims due to the potential for catastrophic or serious injury resulting in reduction of earning capacity for the foreseeable future in addition to damages for pain and suffering.

This area of the law can be technical and complex and to succeed in receiving damages it is essential that you obtain legal advice from a cauda equina syndrome medical negligence solicitor. If you would like advice at no cost just complete the contact form, send an email or call the helpline for referral to an expert law firm.

Cauda Equina Syndrome most commonly results from a prolapsed disc pressing onto the nerves at the base of the spine. Irreparable nerve damage can be caused if the condition is not treated quickly. Surgical intervention by a competent neurosurgeon should, in appropriate cases, occur at the first possible opportunity to prevent long term damage. If you think that your condition has worsened as a result of medical negligence, contact our service for referral to a cauda equina syndrome medical negligence solicitor for advice at no cost.

Delayed Diagnosis & Negligent Surgery

Medical negligence claims usually arise as a result of delay in diagnosis or negligent surgery rendering the condition untreatable and leaving considerable discomfort and disability which can in the most serious cases include paraplegia. This problem is caused when pressure is exerted on the bundle of nerve fibres at the base of the spinal column which radiate out to the legs and lower areas of the abdomen. Pressure on these nerves causes pain, sensory loss in the sacral region, weakness in the legs and loss of bladder control which can be confirmed by diagnostic techniques including MRI scan, Myelography and CAT scans. Prolapsed discs are common and 2% of lumbar disc protrusions result in pressure on the nerves. The surgical treatment of an acute nerve compression is usually regarded as a medical emergency due to the potential for serious permanent damage if treatment is delayed. Our cauda equina solicitors have great experience in dealing with spinal cord injury compensation claims.

Medical Negligence Solicitors

Our specialist medical negligence solicitors can help if you have suffered an injury or any type of financial loss because of another persons errors. Damages are intended to put the aggrieved victim back into the position that they would have been had the personal injury not occurred and the solicitors whom we refer to can help to achieve that goal.

No win no fee representation is available. No legal charge is payable unless the case is won and the client obtains an award of compensation.

A personal injury lawyer's main function is to look at the factors that surround your loss or injury and then give an opinion with regards to your chances of successfully making a claim. When your case is accepted the next step in the process is to quantify your loss and then devise an action plan. While the main items of the claim may be clear many people fail to realise that there are other less obvious losses that can be included in the claim which is where the skills of an expert cauda equina solicitor come in to ensure that you are fully compensated for every aspect of your potential claim. If you try to make your claim unrepresented there is a real danger that the insurers, whose only true responsibility is to their shareholders, will attempt to settle your claim directly with you at well below a realistic market value.

Negligence

Negligence may be defined in any particular situation as 'failing to do what a reasonable person would do or doing what a reasonable person would not do'. The most important part of any definition of this concept always revolves around the word 'reasonable'.

The law of negligence in common law, relies on three basic propositions and in order to succeed in personal injury cases claimants must show the following elements :-

Duty of Care
This means that the victim must be owed a duty of care by the third party. Again this is a difficult concept however it is best explained by example :-

• all road users owe other road users a duty of care
• healthcare practitioners owe their patients a duty of care
• the owners of property owe guests a duty of care

Breach of the duty of care
Means that the third party has failed to take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that will cause harm to the victim.

Causation
It is necessary to prove that the act or omission by the third party actually caused the harm complained of by the victim.

Damage
Proof is needed that the victim has actually suffered harm by way of loss, damage or injury as a result of the behaviour of the third party.

Damages & Compensation & Legal Costs

Once the law of negligence has been used to establish liability most personal injury cases move on to an assessment of the award of damages. For the sake of convenience lawyers divide compensation that may be payable to the victim into several classes :-

General Damages
Represents compensation for the value of items that are difficult to calculate on a strict mathematical basis and require a degree of assessment.

Special Damages
Represents compensation for items that can be calculated with a reasobnable degree of mathematical certainty and do not require assessment.

Future Losses
This item is often not included in either of the two previous categories as it often has characteristics of both.

Interest
Is awarded on all categories of compensation but at different rates and for different periods dependent on the specific item.

Legal costs are usually awarded in favour of the winning side.

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