Leslie Ash.£5 Million compensation?

budwieser · 17-01-2008, 20:00

Is it true or did i dream it today that Leslie Ash has been awarded damages of £5 million because she caught MRSA?

Acathla · 17-01-2008, 20:10

it was MSSA she caught and yeah 5 millllllllllion!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7192605.stm

to be fair though she needs a stick to walk now

Delta Whiskey · 17-01-2008, 20:15

Based on her past and predicted future earnings it's a fair settlement.

SMHarman · 17-01-2008, 20:18

compensation for money she would have earned if she had carried on working and loss of earnings since 2004 and compensation for the injury and the fact she is now walking with a stick and I imagine had a pretty active lifestyle beforehand it seems fair. The fact that it is a pre trial settlement indicates that she had a strong case and both parties settled to avoid costs and for the NHS potentially a higher settlement. Perhaps the claim would have been higher if she had not had collagen injections in her lips in 2003 as that must have impacted her earnings during that year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Ash

Summarises it pretty well.

papa smurf · 17-01-2008, 20:45

i would have said here career was over the moment she had that hidious mess done to her lips she looks like a freak

budwieser · 17-01-2008, 21:14

Was`nt the original injury done to her by her partner at the time?

ic2 · 17-01-2008, 21:35

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Originally Posted by budwieser

Was`nt the original injury done to her by her partner at the time?

Yup. From the daily mail (on line):

Miss Ash caught the infection after being admitted to hospital in April 2004 with a punctured lung and two broken ribs.

Her husband was arrested on suspicion of assault but released without charge when she claimed the injuries were sustained during an 'energetic' sex session.

handyman · 17-01-2008, 23:05

What a joke... Both her and the payout.

budwieser · 17-01-2008, 23:19

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Originally Posted by handyman

What a joke... Both her and the payout.

My neice was left mentally disabled through a cockup by Addenbrookes hospital at her birth and after thousands of pounds of trying to get compensation, they lost my sister in laws notes and xrays. How convenient.

She`s 16 now and can do nothing for herself. How did Leslie Ash get £5,000,000 for walking with a stick?

SMHarman · 17-01-2008, 23:28

Because 16 years ago the compensation culture was different?
Loss of notes really should not hinder such a case, infact it should help the case because the hospital would then find it much harder to prove they actually did anything to prevent the disability occurring.

kryogenik · 17-01-2008, 23:33

That must have been one good lawyer.
How they projected 5 million comp including loss of future earnings I'll never know.
Didn't B & Q drop those ads after she went trout-lipped?

Still..5 million. That seems outrageous, really.

budwieser · 17-01-2008, 23:37

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Because 16 years ago the compensation culture was different?
Loss of notes really should not hinder such a case, infact it should help the case because the hospital would then find it much harder to prove they actually did anything to prevent the disability occurring.

My sister in law was after answers and also some financial help to care for the daughter she has to wash, dress and toilet every day until she dies.

she was denied that.
If Leslie ash wasn`t a big celbrity, i doubt she would have got anything at all.

SMHarman · 17-01-2008, 23:53

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Originally Posted by budwieser

My sister in law was after answers and also some financial help to care for the daughter she has to wash, dress and toilet every day until she dies.

she was denied that.
If Leslie ash wasn`t a big celbrity, i doubt she would have got anything at all.

Well I don't know the full details of the case but I am not suprised she did not get answers, I am suprised that she did not get any financial support. If her daughter is likely to outlive her then the court case should be making long term care awards to cover the cost of providing care. In any case there is the lost opportunity to your SIL.
Leslie Ash is 47 and was 43 at the time of the incident, looking back she had a successful career and was undoubtedly well remunerated. Taking that data it is easier to argue what her income going forward might have been, now you can argue it down in that she was a female actor famous for being the hot girl next door type in a sitcom so might have lower earnings potential going forward...
The good thing, or bad thing depending on which way you look at this is that she has raised the bar for compensation in the UK for hospital malpractice and while that does not help your SIL right now it could certainly open the door to having the case re-evaluated and will mean that future cases are looked at with a potentialy larger cheque book where justified.

It will also make hospitals have to think more carefully about saving 10k a year on cleaning costs when the possible downside is a 5m payout.

handyman · 18-01-2008, 00:17

etccarmageddon · 18-01-2008, 00:47

I wouldnt take £5 million to go through what she's been through with her hospital inflicted pain. It's not just for the income she's lost (I assume) - isn't it also to compensate for the pain and loss of lifestyle?