NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : George v Survery [2009] NSWSC 1348
HEARING DATE(S) : 6/10/09, 7/10/09, 8/10/09, 12/10/09, 13/10/09, 14/10/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 December 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J
DECISION : Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $776,095.79. Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs.
CATCHWORDS : DAMAGES - medical negligence - failure to diagnose heart condition leading to heart transplant - plaintiff's life expectancy after heart transplant - which statistics should be used - whether deduction for vicissitudes - economic loss - earnings of business - how contribution of wife should be treated - deduction for vicissitudes - non-economic loss.
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Act 2002 Workers Compensation Act 1987
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
CASES CITED : Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 Zhang v Golden Eagle International Trading Pty Limited [2006] NSWCA 25
TEXTS CITED : "Braunwald's Heart Disease" (8th ed, 2008, Braunwald et al) "Outcomes in Patients Older than Sixty Years of Age Undergoing Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: an Analysis of the UNOS Data Base – The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation", Volume 27 (para 28), No 2 - February 2008 (Eric S Weiss MD)
PARTIES : Kevin George - Plaintiff Dr Hafizur Survery - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20221/2006
COUNSEL : Mr DE Graham - Plaintiff Mr M McCulloch SC - Defendant
SOLICITORS : Slater & Gordon - Plaintiff Paul Tsaousidis - Defendant
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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