A shocking requirement in the law of negligence liability for psychiatric illness: Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Ronayne [2015] EWCA CIV 588
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 le...
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Oxford University Press
2016
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| Summary: | 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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