Boy awarded millions in compensation over brain damage
BBCA boy who was left with brain damage after being starved of oxygen at birth has been awarded millions of pounds in compensation.
The High Court heard the 11-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered asphyxia while being delivered at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
He developed cerebral palsy and severe disabilities as a result.
Judge Patrick Moloney QC has ordered Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust to pay a lump sum of £2.72m.
The trust - which settled with the family to pay 80% of the claim - must also pay him £60,000 a year until he reaches 19 years old, which then increases to £102,000 a year for the rest of his life.
Simon Taylor QC, representing the boy, said his client's life expectancy was about a decade lower than an uninjured person's.
Judge Moloney praised the boy's family for having "continued to work together in the interests of their son".
