An Eastern Cape woman's medical negligence claim against the MEC for health fails due to her attorney's misconduct, highlighting the critical importance of legal representation in complex cases
| Published 1h agoThe conduct of an attorney has contributed to a medical negligence claim having failed where an Eastern Cape woman had sought to claim against the Health MEC after she gave birth to her child who was born with cerebral palsy.
The MEC was ordered to pay damages to the woman as proven consequent “on the hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and brain injury” sustained by her child as a result of the medical negligence of the medical staff. In judgment, Justice Raylene Keightley, noted: “Medical negligence claims linked to cerebral palsy in new-borns are increasingly prolific in our courts. They often involve complex questions around negligence and, in particular, causation. The present case is no exception. Complicating matters further are the multiple failings on the part of Ms S’s attorney to comply with the relevant Uniform Rules of Court regulating the appeal from the trial court to the full court.
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