Morrison v Wong & Anor [2001] NSWSC 304

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Morrison v Wong & Anor [2001] NSWSC 304 revised - 4/05/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13488/93 29 - 31 January 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 1, 2, 5 - 8, 12 - 16, 19 - 23 & 26 February 2001 19 & 20 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 May 2001

Derek Morrison PARTIES : Wai Wong Southern Sydney Area Health Service JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr John Graves SC with Mr Ian Butcher for the Plaintiff Mr David Higgs SC with Mr Brett Shields for the Defendants SOLICITORS : Carbone Anderson Property & Litigation Lawyers for the Plaintiff Lynn Boyd Solicitor for the Defendants CATCHWORDS : Negligence - medical practitioner and hospital - whether failure to inform or warn of risks - role of practice in relation to breach of duty - whether damage causally related to any breach of duty Ainsworth v Levi (Court of Appeal, 30 August 1995, unreported) Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 F v R (1983) 33 SASR 189 Green v Chenoweth [1998] 2 Qd R 572 Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority [1987] AC 750 CASES CITED : Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 March v Stramare (E & MH) Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Rosenberg v Percival [2001] HCA 18 Sellars v Adelaide Petroleum N.L. (1992-1993) 179 CLR 332 Shead v Hooley [2000] NSWCA 362 Stapley v Gypsum Mines Ltd [1953] AC 663 Tran v Lam (Supreme Court, 20 June 1997, unreported) DECISION : 1. Entry of a verdict for the defendants directed; 2. Plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs.