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Liability Risk and Insurance

Causative link between head injury and resignation

A man sustained a head injury after attending a hospital for an operation on his knee and falling from the operating table. He suffered a number of symptoms consistent with Post-Concussional Syndrome. Liability was admitted by all three defendants, leaving the issue of quantum to be resolved.

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