Abstract:
The Ronayne case concerned a husband who suffered a psychiatric illness, described as an adjustment disorder, in seeing the condition of his wife who was the primary victim of admitted medical negligence. His claim for compensation, as a ‘secondary victim’, failed because he could not satisfy the legal requirement that there must be a sudden shocking event. This commentary criticises that requirement which appears to make no medical sense.
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Andrew S Burrows and John H Burrows, ‘A Shocking Requirement In The Law On Negligence Liability For Psychiatric Illness: Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Ronayne [2015] EWCA Civ 588′. Medical Law Review (2016) doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fww004.
First posted 2016-03-16 07:59:00
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