Her lawyers say the hospital failed to diagnose cauda equina syndrome, a spine condition, and operate before it was "too late to prevent permanent damage".

BBC: Debbie Thomason

Michelle Chapman, 45, from Melton, went to the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) in May 2007 with suspected cauda equina syndrome - a type of nerve damage.

BBC: Cauda equina syndrome misdiagnosis woman payout

Ms Chapman had been suffering from numbness in her legs and her GP alerted her to cauda equina syndrome, where pressure on the base of the spine affects major nerves.

BBC: Cauda equina syndrome misdiagnosis woman payout

"Cauda equina syndrome has devastated her life, but the tragedy is that it doesn't have to cause such significant disability and can be treated effectively with urgent surgery, " JMW lawyer Eddie Jones said.

BBC: Debbie Thomason