Tag: Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375

  • Medical Negligence: Duty to Warn of Risk in Spinal Surgery

    In this negligence case Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375, the High Court unanimously dismissed the appeal holding that Dr Kam was not liable for Wallace’s neurapraxia, as Wallace would have proceeded with surgery regardless of being warned about the specific risk.

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