becky_s Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 No it doesn't. No, it REALLY doesn't OP, I suggest you research catastrophic injuries because it's quite insulting to those who actually have been unfortunate enough to experience this to compare your situation with theirs. Once you've been run over by a bus or have suffered brain damage due to a significant head trauma, then you may have some input on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 This falls under catastrophic injury.. i have depression and anxiety as a result of treatment Dear Fraud Claimant, For the record "catastrophic injury" is accidental amputation or dismemberment injury, brain injury, multiple bone fractures, serious head trauma, severe burn injuries, and spinal cord injuries. You are what is known in the profession as a Malingerer and I can tell you now you would make an absolutely horrendous witness with your constant exageration and lack of consistancy. An absolute solicitors nightmare. For the 20th time!!! - If you want legal advice go and get some. However, as I suspected earlier - I believe you have already been told you have a crap claim and just cant take NO for an answer. Go bore some other people with your "injury and damage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 The other thing that you really do need to consider before you try to self-fund the many thousands of pounds that suing for malpractice would cost is that the burden of proof for medical/dental negligence is not just proving that your surgeon/doctor/dentist made a mistake, but that they made a mistake that others in their position would not have made. Nerve damage is an acknowledged risk of root canal work in the same way that respiratory failure is an acknowledged (very small) risk with general anaesthesia. Simply having nerve damage after dental work does not imply that the dentist made a mistake. You need to get specialist legal advice to ascertain whether you do indeed have a potential claim here, and then you need to understand that if you stump up the many thousands that a claim will cost and the court feels that you have not proven your case then nothing will repay that money- it will just be lost. If you cannot afford that then that should inform your opinion on whether you go forwards with the case initially. And when you're considering whether you should go for a 'world record amount' for your 'catastrophic injury' you should also consider that a case will take many years to get to the pay out stage and those who receive substantial damages (anything more than £200,000 or so) are so badly injured that they need ongoing 24 hour a day nursing for the rest of their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 That is totally correct Medusa.....My Mother suffered similarly but accepted that it was a potential risk, that in her case lived up to iys potential and then some.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 That is totally correct Medusa.....My Mother suffered similarly but accepted that it was a potential risk, that in her case lived up to iys potential and then some.... And I accepted that the operation to remove a tumour (which probably saved my life but also paralysed my dominant arm and caused spinal problems) was done in good faith and that the very serious issues which were found once the incisions were already made, which included the nerves and blood supply to my arm running straight through the middle of the tumour, could not have been seen by the scanning techniques which were available at the time and so could not have been predicted by the surgeons who operated on me. I came out with serious health problems which will last for the rest of my life, but I do HAVE the rest of my life during which to try to find ways around the problems, whereas before the operation I had been given a very short time to live. Would it have grown all of the nerves back if I'd sued the surgeons (even assuming that I could have proven that my situation was worthy of a compensation payout)? Of course not! I'd have been in the same levels of pain as I'm in now. I may have less money worries, but that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Dear Fraud Claimant, For the record ......... That's not really going to help, ECCO. He died somewhere in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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