Lionel Stride secures £800,000 settlement at JSM for the Claimant in a clinical negligence claim arising out the alleged failure to offer alternative treatment that would have prevented bilateral hypoglossal injury
24th May 2022
Lionel Stride (instructed by Emma Doughty at Slater & Gordon) represented the Claimant in a High Court Montgomery consent case arising out of the alleged failure to offer reasonable alternative treatment in the form of carotid stenting rather than a carotid endarterectomy in circumstances where he had already suffered a partial hypoglossal injury. Consequently, during the procedure, the Claimant suffered a second hypoglossal injury that caused complete tongue paralysis, loss of speech and inability to swallow, immediate cardiac arrest (caused by his paralysed tongue blocking his airways and leading to hypoxia), the need for a tracheostomy, laryngoscopy and the insertion of a PEG feeding tube. The injury left him unable to communicate verbally, permanently fatigued and with associated respiratory issues. He had retired prematurely and was living a far more isolated life due to his difficulty communicating.
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