20 Aug 2019
Buckley v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury)
- Citation
- [2019] NZACC 100
- Court
- District Court
Judge held on the balance of probabilities that Marion's cerebral palsy was substantially caused by failure to provide treatment in a timely manner: (1) the pregnancy met clinical indications for being managed as high risk requiring a formal plan, continuous monitoring and consultant oversight, and failure to have such a plan was an omission that impacted the response to acute bradycardia; (2) there were material delays from the detection of bradycardia (around 10:22) to calling/arrival and to delivery (delivered 10:46), and those delays more than materially contributed to the brain injury; t…