Carlton & Anor v Hunter Valley X-Rays P/L & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 109

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Carlton & Anor v Hunter Valley X-Rays P/L & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 109 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20343/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 March 2001

David Anthony Carlton (First Plaintiff)

Karen Michelle Carlton (Second Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Hunter Valley X-Rays Pty Limited (First Defendant)

Amanda Woodward (Second Defendant)

Hospital Corporation Australia Pty Limited (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr R H Taperell (Plaintiffs)

COUNSEL : Mr G Laughton (First and Second Defendants)

Mr G Curtin (Third Defendant) Baker Love (Plaintiffs)

SOLICITORS : Yeldham & Associates (First and Second Defendants)

Ebsworth & Ebsworth (Third Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Extension of limitation period - ultrasound of baby - medical negligence - cross claims - summary judgment LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 Legal Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541; 129 ALR 1 BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited v Guidice (& Ors) (NSWCA, unreported 7 March 1997) Council of the City of Sydney v Zegarac (1997-98) 43 NSWLR 195 Holt v Wynter [2000] NSWCA 143; (1999-2000) 49 NSWLR 128 Scarcella v Lettice [2000] NSWCA 289 Cartledge v E Jopling & Sons Ltd [1963] AC 758 CASES CITED : Gilbert v Castagna [200] NSWSC 461 Harriton v Macquarie Pathology Services (1998) Aust Torts Reports 81-489 Drayton Coal Board Pty Limited v Drain (NSWCA, Gleeson CJ, unreported 22 August 1995) Morton v Jools (1992) Aust Torts Reports 81-164 McAndrew v Wyoming Nursing Home (NSWSC Sperling J, unreported 5 December 1997) Szerdahelyi v Bailey; Ortado v Bailey; Lewis v Bailey (unreported NSWSC, Badgery-Parker, 1 May 1997) Dow Corning Australia Pty Ltd v Paton, Meares v Paton (unreported, NSWCA, 24 April 1998) Fitzgerald v Bankstown City Council (unreported, NSWCA, 6 November 1995) DECISION : see para 39