A brain damaged quadriplegic sufferer has been awarded £2million birth injury compensation in a landmark case.
Jonathon Khairule, 28, is confined to a wheelchair and can only communicate to the world with his nose using a specially made computer.
Despite his disability, Mr Khairule has a distinction in advanced information technology and started investigating the reasons into his injuries five years ago. During his research he found that he may have been starved of oxygen during his birth and began to make a legal case against a North-West NHS trust.
Due to him being over the age of 21, and technically ‘too late’ to make a birth injury compensation claim because of it being longer than three years after his 18th birthday, he found it very difficult to get anyone to take on his case.
However, after taking his case to London’s High Court, the judges ruled that he would be allowed to pursue his claim for damages.
Mr Khairule said: “I knew I had cerebral palsy from birth, but I had always been led to believe that it was just one of those unfortunate things which could not have been avoided. It wasn’t until I was in my early 20’s that I started to do some investigating. At that stage I just wanted answers.”
Despite this NHS North West refusing to admit liability, Mr Khairule’s £2million birth injury compensation was settled out of court. He plans to spend the money on a specially adapted home.
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