Oz: mom’s car crash caused my cerebral palsy

by Walter Olson on September 3, 2004

From Australia, more evidence that the presence of liability insurance may tend to lead ineluctably to the alleged causation of cerebral palsy:

An Adelaide teenager suffering from cerebral palsy is suing his mother after she crashed into a tree when he was a foetus. Supreme Court documents claim Sylvia Neave, of Ferryden Park, was negligent and breached her duty of care as a mother to her unborn child.

Under law, Graham Neave, 16, has to sue his mother and [the state of South Australia's] compulsory third party insurer, the Motor Accident Commission, in his bid to gain an estimated $3.5 million compensation.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital also is part of his claim for allegedly failing to treat him “sufficiently early or at all” before his emergency delivery.

– “Boy sues mum in $3.5m bid”, The Advertiser/News.com.au, Aug. 22.

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