Zora v St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited [2016] NSWDC 365

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Zora v St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited [2016] NSWDC 365 Hearing dates: 18, 19 and 20 October 2016; 25 October 2016 (written submissions) Date of orders: 22 December 2016 Decision date: 22 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs. (3) Liberty to apply in relation to costs. (4) Exhibits retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORT – medical negligence – plaintiff suffers heart attack following angiography – defences under ss 5D, 5I and 5O Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) – causation and assessment of damages – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5D, 5I, 5O, 15 and 16 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56-58 and 62 Uniform Civil Procedure Rule 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Angel v Hawkesbury City Council (2008) Aust Torts Reports 81–955 Australian Capital Health Authority v Moorby [1997] NSWCA 32 Blacktown City Council v Hocking (2008) Aust Torts Reports 81–956 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Clune [2008] NSWSC 1125 Cox v Fellowes [2013] NSWCA 206 Dobler v Halvorsen [2007] NSWCA 335 Dybka v McKenzie [2002] NSWCA 171 Hill v Forrester [2010] NSWCA 170 Iacovone v Raftos [2016] NSWSC 502 Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd v Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1464 Lepore v State of New South Wales [2001] NSWCA 112 Makita (Aust) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 MD v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2009] NSWDC 22 Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180 R v Turner [1975] QB 834 Ramsay v Watson (1961) 108 CLR 642 Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 109 CLR 625 South Western Area Health Service v Richie [1998] NSWCA 213 Southwell v Bennett [2010] NSWSC 1372 Steffen v Ruban [1966] 2 NSWR 622 Street v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 697 Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon (2005) 221 ALR 402 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Wasfe Zora Defendant: St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr M Cranitch SC / Mr B Symons Defendant: Mr S Kettle