WIDOW RECOVERS SUBSTANTIAL COMPENSATION FROM COUNTRY HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

This was an interesting case for an elderly woman who was admitted to a country hospital in New South Wales in 2008 with complaints of soreness in the groin. She underwent a x-ray which showed no abnormality. Later that night whilst being transferred from her bed to a toilet chair she was roughly handled by the nursing staff and suffered serious dislocation to her hip. X-rays taken the following the day confirmed the fracture. Ultimately the woman underwent a hip replacement.

The hospital denied liability but we were successful in recovering a verdict of $424,747.20 from the District Court. Because this was more than our client had said she would accept in an Offer of Compromise served on the hospital she also recovered costs on an indemnity basis. This meant that all but a few thousand dollars of her costs was recovered from the insurance company. All in all a very successful piece of litigation for a delightful lady who can now look forward to some measure of comfort in her retirement.

Another case we finished recently concerned a woman from the Central Coast who slipped in a store in Gosford. She landed heavily on her back. She reported the incident to the store but nobody really offered her any help. 

She contacted us about 6 weeks later because things weren't going anywhere. We got to work for her and in less than a month her claim was settled and the insurance company paid all of the legal costs. Needless to say she was very happy with this result.

Last month we had another resounding success in a case we brought against a well known Sydney law firm for one of our clients who claimed they had been overcharged by them. We were successful in recovering over $100,000 for the client. 

This is just one of a number of successful cases we have brought against the law firm concerned. We are presently acting for a number of their former clients who have been overcharged by them. Some of these cases have featured in the press.

Last month we settled a case for a woman who was injured whilst shopping in Woolworths. As per usual Woolworths denied liability for her injuries but we weren't taking no for an answer. The matter proceeded and the client was successful and Woolworths reimbursed her for everything including all her legal costs.

Last month I finished a case for an elderly gentleman from Pymble. He had brought his case to me less than a month previously because he had been let down by his former solicitor and his case was listed the very next day to show cause why it shouldn't be struck out. It turned out that his claim had been gong nowhere for years and apparently his solicitor had told him he might as well give up because he was never going to get anything. 

He didn't want to give up without a fight and nor did we. The first thing we did was save the case from being struck out and then we had it set down for hearing and then after the hearing we settled the case for $150,000. All in less than a month. Needless to say the client was very happy.