Mekew v Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (Scotland): 1970

Citations:

[1970] CLY 612

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

AppliedEmeh v Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Area Health Authority CA 1-Jul-1984
A sterilisation operation had been performed negligently and failed and the claimant was born.
Held: The birth of a child with congenital abnormalities was a foreseeable consequence of the surgeon’s careless failure to clip a fallopian tube . .
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Negligence

Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.221680