Persistant vegetative state (PVS)

Martyn John Pavier (widower & executor of the estate of Kay Madeline Pavier (deceased))-v-United Bristol Healthcare NHSD Trust (2004)

The claimant, a widower, received £163,500 for the death of his wife following the failure to maintain continuous oxygen therapy in March 1999. The deceased suffered a cardiac arrest whilst in hospital which resulted in catastrophic brain damage. The deceased was subsequently diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state and a court order was obtained which allowed her to die in January 2001.

Claimant: Male: 38 years old at date of accident; 43 years old at date of settlement.

The claimant was the husband of the deceased (P). P died on 28 January 2001, aged 39.

Clinical Negligence: On 30 March 1999, P was admitted to the defendant hospital suffering from pneumonia.

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