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AI summary
The judgment concerns a claim arising from the birth of a child at Chris Baragwanath Hospital in 2009, where the child was born with cerebral palsy. The court dealt with liability only and found that the hospital staff was negligent and that the negligence was causally connected to the injury. The order says the defendant is to pay the plaintiff’s agreed or proven damages and costs.
This may be relevant to medical negligence and public healthcare litigation involving allegations about foetal monitoring and intrapartum care.
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The parties agreed to an order separating the merits and quantum of the plaintiff’s claim, and the trial proceeded only on the issue of liability.
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The plaintiff has, therefore, established that the hospital staff was negligent.
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In the result, the plaintiff established a causal link between the hospital staff’s negligence and the injury and is entitled to an order in her favour.
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