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Delict [2025] ZALMPPHC 11

N.K v Member of the Executive Council Limpopo Provincial Government: Department of Health (5710/2019)

N.K v Member of the Executive Council Limpopo Provincial Government: Department of Health (5710/2019) [2025] ZALMPPHC 11 (27 January 2025)

Court
Limpopo High Court, Polokwane
Case number
5710/2019
Judge
Naude-Odendaal

The High Court found the provincial health department 100% liable for negligent monitoring and delayed intervention that led to a stillborn delivery after uterine rupture.

  • Medical Negligence
  • Duty Of Care
  • Causation
  • Wrongful Death
  • Hospital Liability
  • Medical-negligence
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Delict [2018] ZAFSHC 153

P v MEC for Health Provincial Government of the Free State (4014/2014)

P v MEC for Health Provincial Government of the Free State (4014/2014) [2018] ZAFSHC 153 (12 October 2018)

Court
Free State High Court, Bloemfontein
Case number
4014/2014
Judge
Phalatsi

The court found the hospital was negligent in administering Cytotec and monitoring labour, but held that causation was not proved because infection caused the stillbirth.

  • Medical Negligence
  • Causation
  • Stillbirth
  • Expert Evidence
  • Hospital Protocols
  • Medical-negligence
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Delict [2008] ZAECHC 96

Pringle v MEC, Department of Health, Eastern Cape and Another (3593/06)

Pringle v MEC, Department of Health, Eastern Cape and Another (3593/06) [2008] ZAECHC 96 (28 March 2008)

Court
High Courts - Eastern Cape
Case number
3593/06
Judge
Froneman

High Court finds hospital staff negligent in failing to monitor and act on signs of fetal distress, holding the defendants liable for damages from a stillbirth.

  • Medical Negligence
  • Wrongful Death
  • Hospital Liability
  • Causation
  • Quantum Separation
  • Medical-negligence
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Civil Procedure [1994] ZASCA 101

Van Heerden and Another v Joubert NO and Others (577/92)

Van Heerden and Another v Joubert NO and Others (577/92) [1994] ZASCA 101; 1994 (4) SA 793 (AD); [1994] 2 All SA 468 (A) (19 August 1994)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
577/92
Judges
F H Grosskopf, Hefer, Harms, Nicholas, Mahomed

The court held that the Inquest Act does not cover a stillborn child, so the magistrate lacked jurisdiction to continue the inquest.

  • Inquest Act Interpretation
  • Jurisdiction Of Magistrate
  • Definition Of Person
  • Stillbirth And Legal Personality
  • Inquest-act
  • Statutory-interpretation
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