Compensation please help?
hi when i was 8 i was realy ill my eye was swollen that bad that i couldnt open it & i was in agony with head aches my mum took me to the doctors & he said i had an eye infection so i took all tablets prescribed but my symptoms got worse, one side of my face was completly swollen and red the head aches got worse and i was lost site in my eye, my mum took me back to the same doctor 4-5 times & eventualy the doctor told my mum to stop wasting his time & said that all i had was an eye infection, in the end i was in such bad agony, my mum took me straight to the hospital and they found a tumour behind my eye next to my brain, they said that if they didnt operate with in 24 hours it could burst if this happenen i would be blind,brain damaged or die,the doc ran the childrens unit and got me the best surgon and sent flowers i recovered after a long operation and had to have a few months off school,i am now 21 can i still get comp or is it to late how much would i get?
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It sounds like your from england, so I'm not sure what the law says there, but in the US, normally you have a maximum of 1 to 3 years (depends on the state) from which to bring a medical malpractice claim (called the statute of limitations). The time starts to run from when the alleged incident of malpractice was discovered or when it could have reasonable been discovered. There is a loophole for minors, however. If the legal guardians did not file a claim, then the statute of limitations begins to run at the age of majority (18 in the US). So, if your 21 you may have missed your window of opportunity or it may be coming up quickly. Check with an attorney quickly.
sounds like a money maker..call a greedy attorney and get your fair share ......
the first doctor should loose his liscense get cho money
you could sue, but there is usually a statute of limitations on how long you can wait. i have a feeling it has been too long if this happened when you were 8 and now 21.
um.I think your time has passed. The problem was corrected, so you were not damaged. You cannot get a payoff for what might have happened.
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