Damages for missed foot fracture

A man who suffered a fracture to a bone in his foot, which was missed by a hospital x-ray, has received damages of £60,000. The man was injured in a road traffic accident, and at hospital a fractured knee was diagnosed. X-rays were also taken of his ankle but a fracture to a bone in his foot was missed. His knee was immobilised in plaster but his ankle was not. Further x-rays were taken two months after the accident had occurred but the fracture was once again missed.