NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Wilson v Tier [2008] NSWSC 92
HEARING DATE(S) : 04/02/2008, 05/02/2008, 06/02/2008, 07/02/2008, 08/02/2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 February 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J
Verdict for the defendant. DECISION : I reserve the question of costs. The parties have liberty to approach the Court on 2 days notice for the purpose of dealing with the costs question.
CATCHWORDS : Medical negligence - oral surgeon performs wisdom tooth extraction - alleged breach of duty of care in failure to diagnose and treat deep neck space infection - causation - whether earlier antibiotic treatment would have made any difference - expert evidence given concurrently - effect of significant agreement of experts on contentious issues - damages - psychological/psychiatric reaction to treatment - whether evidence that psychological/psychiatric damages caused by treatment - difficulties in individual heads of damages.
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Act 2002
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Chappell v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Dobler v Halverson [2007] NSWCA 335 CASES CITED : Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Halverson v Dobler [2006] NSWSC 1037 Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 at [16]
PARTIES : Aleta Grace Wilson - Plaintiff Dr Graham Tier - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20622/2001
COUNSEL : Mr D Hirsch/Ms N Watson - Plaintiff Mr GB Evans - Defendant
SOLICITORS : GH Healey & Co with Graeme R Jenson & Co - Plaintiff Abbott Tout - Defendant
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