Consultant loses £1m Barts damages claim

2010-06-18T10:49:00

Dismissing the contested case on liability, the judge ruled that Dr Bristow's belief was "wholly implausible" and that he had slipped upon his own spillage.

A consultant anaesthetist who claims his back was injured after he was knocked unconscious by a theatre light during an operation has lost his £1m High Court damages claim.

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