NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Thompson v Dr Haasbroek [2010] NSWSC 111
HEARING DATE(S) : 16-20/11/09; 23-24/11/09; 27/11/09; 30/11/09 - 4/12/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 29 March 2010
JURISDICTION : Professional Negligence List
JUDGMENT OF : Davies J
DECISION : (1) Judgment for the Plaintiff in the sum of $290,542. (2) The Defendant is to pay the Plaintiff's costs.
CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - medical negligence - general practitioner - failure to detect and diagnose cervical radiculopathy - Plaintiff goes on to develop myelopathy as a result of undiagnosed underlying pathology – underlying pathology not caused or able to be prevented by the Doctor - causation – whether if diagnosed in due time the Plaintiff would have avoided permanent injury - earlier treatment would have avoided some permanent disabilities - multiple causes of Plaintiff's disabilities - assessment of damages where multiple causes.
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Act 2002
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
CASES CITED : Ren v Mukerjee [1996] ACTSC 119 Woolworths Ltd v Lawlor [2004] NSWCA 209
TEXTS CITED : A Graham Apley, Concise System of Orthopaedics and Fractures, (1999) Butterworths, England.
PARTIES : Sandra Thompson (Plaintiff) Dr Johannes Haasbroek (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20113/2009
COUNSEL : D E Graham & AGC Stenhouse (Plaintiff) G B Evans (Defendant)
SOLICITORS : Maurice Blackburn Lawyers (Plaintiff) TressCox Lawyers (Defendant)
- 1 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE LIST
DAVIES J
29 MARCH 2010
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