A six figure compensation pay out was won by a Tameside man left with permanent spinal damage after being mistakenly diagonised when he was a schoolboy.
After complaining paralysis like symptoms in his neck when he was twelve years old, Liam Careless, 23, of Stalybridge, was taken by his mum Karen Roberts to the accident and emergency department of the Tameside Hospital.
Liam was later discharged with just a neck collar after an X ray, however it was revealed after suffering four years of shooting pains and numbness that Liam was suffering with spinal cord compression and thereby, the initial x-ray had been misinterpreted.
As a consequence, he now suffers constant pain and finds walking has become difficult for him as he also suffers from lack of balance resulting in regular trips and falls.
After discovering that condition would have been better if there had been no misinterpretation in his initial complaint, a medical negligence claim against the Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was made by him.
An undisclosed six figure sum was awarded to him in an out of court settlement, helping pay for his future care and rehabilitation.