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Does anyone know of any famous Medical Negligence cases?

Preferably cases that were in Queensland, Australia.
But any cases in other places is fine too.
Doesn’t really matter if they’re not famous cases.

Cattanach v Melchior (2003): medical negligence – a doctor forced to pay upkeep of a child born as a result of his negligence.

Harriton v Stephens (2006): medical negligence – consideration of whether damages could be awarded where claim of “wrongful life”

Here are the links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattanach_v_Melchior

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriton_v_Stephens

Good luck

Medical negligence claims

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