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Compensation Secured for MS Sufferer

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We have recently completed a case for a client who was injured when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was negligently struck from behind. She suffered whiplash, back and facial injuries.

The client had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis some years earlier but until the accident, had been living a full life, working full-time and regarded her condition as asymptomatic.

About three weeks after the accident, she began to suffer from a variety of symptoms which she associated with the multiple sclerosis such as pins and needles in her nostril and mouth, balance problems, nausea and head pain. She was hospitalised for a number of days. She needed care and assistance, and was unable to work for several months.

It was the Claimant’s case that as well as being responsible for her orthopaedic and facial injuries, the road traffic accident was also responsible for the exacerbation of her multiple sclerosis.

Medical opinion on the link between trauma and multiple sclerosis is hugely controversial. A number of cases alleging this have come before the Courts and have mostly been unsuccessful. For the most part, those relate to cases where the Claimant alleges that multiple sclerosis has actually been precipitated by the accident, rather than exacerbated.

In this case, we were able to obtain supportive neurological evidence and although the Defendant filed evidence in opposition, the case was eventually settled for £25,000 prior to the experts meeting.