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Casey Stillman, Litigation Executive

Casey is a litigation executive in the Medical Negligence department based at our York office

Tel: 01904 606250

Department:
Medical Negligence

Address:
18 Back Swinegate, York YO1 8AD

Email Address:
casey.stillman@switalskis.com

Profile

Casey is an experienced and highly skilled litigation executive and advocate with over 10 years of experience with personal injury and clinical negligence claims, including those involving fatalities, misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis or treatment, delayed cancer diagnoses, spinal injuries, nerve injuries, orthopaedic claims including amputations, surgical errors, dental negligence, injuries arising out of poor treatment in care homes, birth injuries and negligence obstetric care.

Experience

Casey is an experienced and highly skilled litigation executive and advocate with over 10 years of experience with personal injury and clinical negligence claims, including those involving fatalities, misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis or treatment, delayed cancer diagnoses, spinal injuries, nerve injuries, orthopaedic claims including amputations, surgical errors, dental negligence, injuries arising out of poor treatment in care homes, birth injuries and negligence obstetric care.

Casey started her career in the Personal Injury sector at a large personal injury solicitors firm, in 2006.

She studied the LLB Law degree at the University of Westminster, London, with a year spent studying French Constitutional Law at the University of Nice, Cote D’Azur. She achieved a First-Class Honours undergraduate Law degree in 2012 followed by the Bar Professional Training Course (Very Competent grade). After completing the Bar Course, she spent three and a half years working as full time research assistant for a senior barrister specialising in personal injury, fatal accidents, medical negligence, procedural issues and costs. During this time she assisted with writing two books on fatal claims and a book on land and boundary disputes. She then moved to a regional firm where she spent over two years representing people in litigated and non-litigated personal injury and employers’ liability claims.

 

More about Casey

Notable Settlements

Nerve damage for surgery performed without consent

Casey secured £70,000 compensation for a patient who suffered nerve damage after a wisdom tooth extraction that was carried out without the patient’s consent.

Cancer misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis

Casey specialises in claims involving the misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis of cancer and has secured:

  • £56,000 damages for a patient who suffered a 1 year delay in diagnosis of breast cancer.
  • £42,500 damages for a patient who suffered inappropriate surgery to remove carcinoma leading the breakdown of skin in the area and a very long recovery.

TESTIMONIALS

“Casey was very responsive and flexible with regards to sharing information. Casey was quick with her replies and was down to earth and less formal in order for me to understand certain elements and obtain a faster settlement”

“The service was excellent. I could not have asked for a better professional. Easy to talk to and things were explained in an easy to understand way. Highly recommended”

“Casey is amazing and explained everything to me in plain English. Always quick responding to emails, always got back to me when I called by telephone. Very good service”