Jordan Giles
It’s been a while since I covered compensation payments for Cerebral Palsy, but today, MSN reports on yet another one.
Jordan Giles, 10, developed CP due to difficulties at his birth in 1998, at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Now the family have been awarded £5.25 million in an out of court settlement. This is, so far, Scotland’s biggest compensation payout.
Jordan attends a mainstream school, but can’t dress or wash himself. He has epilepsy, a common side effect of CP. He needs constant care, so his mother, Monica, 39, is not able to have a paid job. She says:
The settlement means I know he will be looked after when his dad and I are gone. All I want is for Jordan to have a happy life and grow up normally like any other kid. Life shouldn’t have been as hard as it has been for him.
Some of the money will be used to buy equipment and adapt a new house for Jordan.
As I’ve always said, health and physical ability are priceless. No amount of money can cure CP, and no one can turn back time. But we can only hope that the compensation makes Jordan’s life just a little easier. He and his family have my best wishes.
