If your cauda equina syndrome was negligently managed by medical professionals, you will be able to pursue a medical negligence claim. This will enable you to recover your financial losses, ensuring you are not left out of pocket because of medical mistakes.
How do I recover my losses after medical negligence?
If you have had cauda equina syndrome and you think medical error caused you further injury, you need to find out whether you have been the victim of medical negligence. This might include, for example, if doctors failed to make a timely diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome or failed to provide urgent decompression surgery.
To discover whether you have been subject to negligent medical care, you need to talk to a solicitor that specialises in cauda equina claims. After a telephone conversation about your experience, a solicitor will be able to suggest whether you are in a position to pursue legal action. If so, your solicitor will handle the claim on your behalf, working hard to get the financial redress you deserve.
The compensation you receive will be made up of two elements: your general damages and your special damages. General damages are intended to recompense for the pain and suffering you have been caused. The sum will reflect the physical and emotional injuries you have sustained. Special damages are intended to recover your actual financial loss and will be calculated by your solicitor.
Calculating your special damages
In order to calculate your actual financial loss, your solicitor will create a document called a schedule of special damages. This will detail all the money you have lost thus far because of your injuries, and the money you are likely to lose in the future because of your injuries. This will include things such as:-
- Your loss of earnings (both past and future);
- Your loss of pension rights;
- The cost of medical treatment and medication;
- The cost of travelling to receive medical treatment;
- The cost of care and assistance you now require;
- The cost of new clothes and equipment you now require;
- The losses family and friends have suffered in looking after you.
These losses will be added up to create a total sum of special damages. This number will be added to the sum of general damages your solicitor thinks appropriate for your case.
Speak to a solicitor today
To find out if you are able to pursue a compensation claim for cauda equina syndrome, get in touch with us today.