At a hearing in May 2021 at Norwich County Court he was awarded £8,500 by judge Mr Recorder Gibbons who rejected most of his claim for clinical negligence on the grounds that Cojanu had been dishonest over how he incurred the injury, loss of earnings and medical care costs he claimed he would incur.
I wouldn't even have given him that...but since he's no doubt not paying for his legal fees, why not keep on trying?
Eventually you'll find a sucker...
His lawyers then appealed the decision at the High Court, with Mr Justice Ritchie this week ruling that his compensation be increased to £17,500 while stating that Cojanu being 'dishonest' about how he received his injury was not relevant to the civil claim against the NHS.
Really?
'...cause of the cut fingers has no relevance to the clinical negligence claim. In my judgment the mechanism of how he cut his finger is incidental to the claim or collateral thereto.'
Well, except for the very reason that there was a delay, that is...
The cancellation took place because of security concerns over taking him to the North London hospital...
If they'd left Joe Bloggs sitting in the waiting room for weeks that would be one thing. But they don't have to ensure Joe Bloggs doesn't escape justice or assault someone else, do they?
Its weird, we have recently been told extremely forcefully by all the usual suspects that if you self-inflict injury by not taking the 100% safe and effective covid vaccines then the NHS shouldn't treat you.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet if you injure yourself stabbing someone the NHS is now liable for not treating your injuries as fast as you might have liked.
They aren't even hiding it any more are they?
"They aren't even hiding it any more are they?"
ReplyDeleteThey've realised they don't have to. That's worrying!