Dangerous precedent for medical profession
April 13th, 2009
WHEN judges hand out damages for the birth of a child, it is a sign that society is in trouble.
It suggests that some of us have become so self-obsessed that we have forgotten that the arrival of a new human being is a cause for celebration, not litigation.
any parents - and would-be parents - will be angered by this decision. But it is really a cause for pity.
What sort of mother runs off to court because she has two children instead of one? And what sort of court believes it has the capacity to restore the supposed injury caused by the arrival of a child?
Lawyers and doctors should be very worried by this ruling. It suggests that the law of negligence is in deep trouble - at least in the ACT Court of Appeal.
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Chris Meritt from The Australian Newspaper 14 February 2009
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25052108-7583,00.html
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