Clinical Judgments in: January 2021

Davies v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 169 (QB)

Date

29th January 2021

Court

High Court

Key Issues

Causation, Material Contribution, Infection

Judge

HHJ Auerbach

The case of Davies involved a claim for damages for clinical negligence brought on behalf of the deceased. The crux of the case concerned causation and whether, on the balance of probabilities, earlier administration of antibiotics would have avoided death. The Facts The Claimant, the widower of the deceased, alleges that the Defendant Trust’s negligence caused the […]