Keith Allenby v Terri Hannan and Middlemore Hospital of Counties Manukau District Health Board - SC 122/2010
Summary
Civil – Negligence – Accident Compensation Act 2001 – Application for pre-trial ruling– Whether unwanted pregnancy occasioned by failure of doctor to adequately perform sterilisation (tubal ligation) procedure covered by s 20(2)(b) of Accident Compensation Act as personal injury caused by medical misadventure – Whether application for pre-trial ruling can be the subject of “leapfrog” appeal to Supreme Court without prior judgments of High Court or Court of Appeal.[Civ 2010 404 3260 Priestley J 31 August 2010
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