Peden v Ferguson [2012] NSWSC 492
The Court preferred the defendant's evidence and the contemporaneous clinical records over the plaintiff's recollection and diary entries. The plaintiff did not complain of altered sensation and feelings of electric shock in his legs at the consultation on 18 September 2007. Under the parties' agreement, that finding entitled the defendant to judgment.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 15 May 2012
- Procedural Posture
- Tort Negligence Professional Negligence Failure to Diagnose / Principal Judgment After Hearing
- Outcome
- Judgment for the defendant.
- Legal Topics
- ['medical Negligence' 'failure to Diagnose' 'credibility of Witnesses' 'clinical Records' 'contemporaneous Documents' 'usual Practice Evidence']
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Procedural Posture
Tort Negligence Professional Negligence Failure to Diagnose / Principal Judgment After Hearing
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the plaintiff complained of altered sensation and feelings of electric shocks in his legs during the consultation with the defendant on 18 September 2007.']
Ratio Decidendi
The Court preferred the defendant's evidence and the contemporaneous clinical records over the plaintiff's recollection and diary entries. The plaintiff did not complain of altered sensation and feelings of electric shock in his legs at the consultation on 18 September 2007. Under the parties' agreement, that finding entitled the defendant to judgment.
Court Disposition
Judgment for the defendant.
Orders
- ['Judgment for the defendant.' "Order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings."]
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