NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Olbourne v Wolf [2004] NSWCA 141 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 March 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 May 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Santow JA at 1; Young CJ in Eq at 2; Stein AJA at 78 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - Medical negligence - Breast reduction surgery followed by subsequent infection and later scarring - Failure to examine patient before discharge and allowing her discharge - Duty to warn as to risks of operation - Nature of warning - Duty of medical officers - General damages - Bullock orders. Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 McKellar v Blake (NSWCA, 30.10.1998, unreported) CASES CITED : Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Rufo v Hosking [2002] NSWSC 1041 Steppke v National Capital Development Commission (1978) 21 ACTR 23 PARTIES : Dr Norman OLBOURNE (Appellant) Freya WOLF (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40549/03 COUNSEL : D L Davies, SC/ G Curtin (Appellant) R J Burbidge, QC/ B Hull (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Ebsworth & Ebsworth (Appellant) Malcolm Johns & Company (Respondent)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 6782/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Herron ADCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40549/03 DC 6782/01
SANTOW JA YOUNG CJ in EQ STEIN AJA
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