Australia, April 27 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 28:
1. These are proceedings in medical negligence.
2. The plaintiff is a gentleman aged 43. He has had a history of hip problems since childhood. In or about 1983, when he was only 14 years old, he was diagnosed with a slipped upper femoral epiphysis. In 1984, he underwent surgery by an orthopaedic surgeon (not the defendant) to respond to that condition. The surgeon inserted three Knowles pins in the plaintiff's left proximal femur. Two of those pins were removed some two months later.
3. The plaintiff first attended on the defendant on 24 August 2010. He was complaining of left hip pain. On 15 October 2010, the defendant o...