Case Studies

Maria

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Maria, a 45 year old woman, suffered serious personal injuries at Westfield Shopping Complex at Chatswood when a lady, attempting to commit suicide, threw herself over a 6th floor balcony and landed on her.

As a consequence our client suffered serious personal injuries, including brain damage. A claim was successfully made against a government department for having allowed the lady who tried to commit suicide to walk out of a mental institution, despite the fact that she was on suicide watch.

Brian

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Our client is a medical doctor. He attended a clinic in Sydney to have laser eye surgery to correct long-standing myopia. He was advised he was a very suitable candidate for laser surgery, however within a few weeks of having the surgery our client developed multiple image vision. He was subsequently found medical unfit to continue working as a surgeon in his area of specialty. There was a dispute as to the cause of our client’s vision problems – with experts engaged by the defendant not relating our client’s visual problems to the surgery. Although the treating surgeon never admitted liability, an excellent out of Court settlement was negotiated.

Charlie

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We acted for a young boy and his now late mother in their claim for compensation to relatives when their father/husband died whilst receiving care in a Sydney hospital. Our client’s father had previously suffered from a heart condition and received treatment from a cardiac specialist. He had some complications post surgery that did not receive immediate attention and it was alleged this contributed to his death. The claim successfully resolved on the steps of Court.

Nigel

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We acted for a man, now deceased, who was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer that was not detected until age 59 when it was already at an advanced stage. He was a health conscience man who had regularly consulted his GP for check ups but it was alleged he was not given any advice about the appropriate tests for prostate cancer for men 50 years and over. It was his case that had he been advised of the available testing he would have undergone such tests and had his cancer been detected at an early stage his prognosis would have been much better. His claim settled out of court shortly prior to his death.