Nemes v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2025] NSWSC 418
NEGLIGENCE – professional negligence – medical negligence – where child has disabilities including infantile seizures and Global Developmental Delay – whether disabilities are a result of a failure to deliver the baby earlier – obstetric evidence – conclave of experts – Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 5O – where the defendant is a Local Health District – whether the defendant acted in accordance with widely accepted peer professional practice – whether the defendant breached its duty of care – where there are multiple experts with competing opinions – whether any alleged breach of duty of care during labour was causative of the child’s disabilities.
Judgment for the defendant.
Further details to follow.