Queen Elizabeth Hospital v Curtis 19

[2008] SASC 344; (2008) 102 SASR 534; [2008] Aust Torts Reports 81-986

Supreme Court of South Australia

Australia - South Australia

9th December, 2008

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Anson & Meek	[2017] FamCAFC 257; [2017] FLC 93-816; (2017) 57 Fam LR 23	Family Court of Australia	Australia	7 Dec 2017	AustLII	37
Gooch v Return to Work Corporation of South Australia	[2020] SAET 27		Australia	18 Feb 2020	AustLII	19
Vormelker v Local Government Association Workers Compensation Scheme (City of Adelaide)	[2021] SAET 188		Australia	24 Sep 2021	AustLII	6
Chow v Yang	[2010] SASC 96	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	9 Apr 2010	AustLII	6
Schinckel v Return to Work Corporation of South Australia	[2021] SAET 32		Australia	23 Feb 2021	AustLII	5
Johnson v Northern Territory of Australia	[2016] NTSC 49	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory	Australia - Northern Territory	30 Sep 2016	AustLII	5
Linz v Central Adelaide Local Health Network	[2022] SAET 62		Australia	17 May 2022	AustLII	2
Turter AO v Connor (No 2)	[2021] SADC 151	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	17 Dec 2021	AustLII	2
Anwar v Mondello Farms Pty Ltd	[2015] SASCFC 109	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	10 Aug 2015	AustLII	2
Muir v Department for Correctional Services	[2022] SAET 68		Australia	30 May 2022	AustLII	1
Treffers v Phung	[2020] SASC 228	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	1 Dec 2020	AustLII	1
Anwar v Mondello Farms Pty Ltd	[2014] SADC 105	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	13 Jun 2014	AustLII	1
Warren by His Litigation Guardian Direlle Farr v District Council of the Lower Eyre Peninsula (No 3)	[2024] SADC 37	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	11 Apr 2024	AustLII
Farncombe v Return to Work SA	[2021] SAET 11		Australia	22 Jan 2021	AustLII
Johnson v South Australia (No 2)	[2019] SADC 47	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	26 Apr 2019	AustLII
Stringer & Or v Westfield Shopping Centre Management Co (SA) Pty Ltd	[2017] SASCFC 138	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	26 Oct 2017	AustLII
Athanasiadis v Likos	[2010] SADC 85	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	25 Jun 2010	AustLII
Bunning v Hurley's Arkaba Hotel	[2008] SADC 175	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	19 Dec 2008	AustLII

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text		Citation Index †
"Establishing causation in difficult cases: Can material contribution bridge the gap?" [2011] PrecedentAULA 52	(2011) 105 Precedent 24	Legis, Lexi	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Liability Act 1936 (SA)	s55
District Court Act 1991 (SA)	s39, s43
Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA)	s30C
Court Rules (WA)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Environment Agency v Empress Car Co (Abertillery) Ltd	[1998] UKHL 5; [1999] 2 AC 22; [1998] 1 All ER 481; [1998] 2 WLR 350	House of Lords	United Kingdom	5 Feb 1998	BAILII	230
EMI (Australia) Ltd v Bes	[1970] 2 NSWR 238; 44 ALJR 360; [1970] WCR (NSW) 114; [1970] WCR 114; [1970] NSWR 238		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1970		228
Fitzgerald v Penn	[1954] HCA 74; (1954) 91 CLR 268; [1955] ALR 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	3 Dec 1954	AustLII	219
Bresatz v Przibilla	[1962] HCA 54; (1962) 108 CLR 541; [1963] ALR 218; (1962) 36 ALJR 212	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Oct 1962	AustLII	215
Teubner v Humble	[1963] HCA 11; (1963) 108 CLR 491; [1963] ALR 417; 36 ALJR 362	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Apr 1963	AustLII	214
Travel Compensation Fund v Tambree	[2005] HCA 69; (2005) 224 CLR 627; (2005) 222 ALR 263; (2005) 80 ALJR 183; [2006] ATPR 42-094	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	16 Nov 2005	AustLII	204
General Tire and Rubber Co v Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co Ltd	[1975] 2 All ER 173; [1976] RPC 197; [1975] 1 WLR 819; [1975] FSR 273; (1975) 1B IPR 713		United Kingdom	circa 1975	LexisNexis	198
Grincelis v House	[2000] HCA 42; (2000) 201 CLR 321; (2000) 173 ALR 564; (2000) 74 ALJR 1247; (2000) 21 Leg Rep 13; [2000] Aust Torts Reports 81-570	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	3 Aug 2000	AustLII	172
Batchelor v Burke	[1981] HCA 30; (1981) 148 CLR 448; (1981) 35 ALR 15; 55 ALJR 494	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	16 Jun 1981	AustLII	154
Bendix Mintex Pty Ltd v Barnes	(1997) 42 NSWLR 307; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-438; (1997) 14 NSWCCR 661		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1997	LexisNexis AU	151
Alphacell Ltd v Woodward	[1972] UKHL 4; [1972] AC 824; [1972] 2 All ER 475; [1972] 2 WLR 1320	House of Lords	United Kingdom	3 May 1972	BAILII	131
Betts v Whittingslowe	[1945] HCA 31; (1945) 71 CLR 637	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	19 Nov 1945	AustLII	119
Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal	[2008] HCA 19; (2008) 245 ALR 653; (2008) 82 ALJR 870; (2008) 50 MVR 114; [2008] Aust Torts Reports 81-947	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 May 2008	AustLII	117
Duke Group Ltd (in liq) v Pilmer	[1999] SASC 97; (1999) 73 SASR 64; (1999) 153 FLR 1; (1999) 31 ACSR 213; [1999] Aust Torts Reports 81-507; (1999) 17 ACLC 1329	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	20 May 1999	AustLII	115
BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No 2)	[1979] 1 All ER 925; [1979] 1 WLR 783		United Kingdom	circa 1979	LexisNexis	112
Parker v The Commonwealth	[1965] HCA 12; (1965) 112 CLR 295; [1965] ALR 1094; (1965) 38 ALJR 444	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Mar 1965	AustLII	102
Barker v Corus UK Ltd	[2006] UKHL 20; [2006] 2 AC 572; [2006] 3 All ER 785; [2006] 2 WLR 1027; 89 BMLR 1	House of Lords	United Kingdom	3 May 2006	BAILII	97
Faulkner v Keffalinos	(1971) 45 ALJR 80		Australia	circa 1971		97
Clarke v Foodland Stores Pty Ltd	[1993] VicRp 81; [1993] 2 VR 382		Australia - Victoria	29 Apr 1993	AustLII	93
Wheeler v Page & Harris	(1982) 31 SASR 1	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1982	Legal Online / Westlaw	82
[1991] Hca 3; (1991) 171 CLR 657	[1991] HCA 3; (1991) 171 CLR 657	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1991	AustLII	71
Birkholz v R J Gilbertson Pty Ltd	(1985) 38 SASR 121	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1985	Legal Online / Westlaw	51
Anson & Meek	[2017] FamCAFC 257; [2017] FLC 93-816; (2017) 57 Fam LR 23	Family Court of Australia	Australia	7 Dec 2017	AustLII	37
Wade v Australian Railway Historical Society	[2000] SASC 233; (2000) 77 SASR 221; 32 MVR 501	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	13 Jul 2000	AustLII	31
Van Den Heuvel v Tucker	[2003] SASC 110; (2003) 85 SASR 512; 39 MVR 179	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	20 May 2003	AustLII	25
Hughes v Minister for Health	[1999] WASCA 131	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	20 Aug 1999	AustLII	22
BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No 2)	[1982] 1 All ER 925; [1981] 1 WLR 232		United Kingdom	circa 1982	LexisNexis	22
Gooch v Return to Work Corporation of South Australia	[2020] SAET 27		Australia	18 Feb 2020	AustLII	19
Harrington v Browne	[1917] HCA 36; (1917) 23 CLR 297; 24 ALR 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 Aug 1917	AustLII	15
Murray v Dawson	(1996) 24 MVR 244			circa 1996		12
Freidin v St Laurent	[2007] VSCA 16; (2007) 17 VR 439; [2007] Aust Torts Reports 81-875	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	14 Feb 2007	AustLII	11
Ellis (No 1)	[2006] WASC 270	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	8 Dec 2006	AustLII	11
AFA Airconditioning Pty Ltd v Mendrecki	[2008] SASC 195; (2008) 101 SASR 381	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 2008	AustLII	10
"Lords A'leaping Evidentiary Gaps"	(2002) 10 Torts Law Journal 276	Torts Law Journal	Australia	circa 2002	LexisNexis AU	10
Pezzano v Perre	(1980) 32 SASR 336	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1980	Legal Online / Westlaw	7
Vormelker v Local Government Association Workers Compensation Scheme (City of Adelaide)	[2021] SAET 188		Australia	24 Sep 2021	AustLII	6
Chow v Yang	[2010] SASC 96	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	9 Apr 2010	AustLII	6
Stewart v Jacobsen	(2000) 209 LSJS 174		Australia - SA	circa 2000		6
Schinckel v Return to Work Corporation of South Australia	[2021] SAET 32		Australia	23 Feb 2021	AustLII	5
Johnson v Northern Territory of Australia	[2016] NTSC 49	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory	Australia - Northern Territory	30 Sep 2016	AustLII	5
Clark v Chandler	(1973) 5 SASR 416	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1973	Legal Online / Westlaw	5
Linz v Central Adelaide Local Health Network	[2022] SAET 62		Australia	17 May 2022	AustLII	2
Turter AO v Connor (No 2)	[2021] SADC 151	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	17 Dec 2021	AustLII	2
Anwar v Mondello Farms Pty Ltd	[2015] SASCFC 109	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	10 Aug 2015	AustLII	2
Muir v Department for Correctional Services	[2022] SAET 68		Australia	30 May 2022	AustLII	1
Treffers v Phung	[2020] SASC 228	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	1 Dec 2020	AustLII	1
Anwar v Mondello Farms Pty Ltd	[2014] SADC 105	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	13 Jun 2014	AustLII	1
Curtis v Queen Elizabeth Hospital	(2008) 254 LSJS 1		Australia - SA	circa 2008		1
King v Raymoon Ltd	[2004] NSWSC 694	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Aug 2004	AustLII	1
Marsh v Ruggiero	70 SASR 132; 27 MVR 227	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 2014	Legal Online / Westlaw	1
1 All Er 871	1 All ER 871		United Kingdom	circa 2014	LexisNexis	1
Warren by His Litigation Guardian Direlle Farr v District Council of the Lower Eyre Peninsula (No 3)	[2024] SADC 37	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	11 Apr 2024	AustLII
Farncombe v Return to Work SA	[2021] SAET 11		Australia	22 Jan 2021	AustLII
Johnson v South Australia (No 2)	[2019] SADC 47	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	26 Apr 2019	AustLII
Stringer & Or v Westfield Shopping Centre Management Co (SA) Pty Ltd	[2017] SASCFC 138	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	26 Oct 2017	AustLII
"Establishing causation in difficult cases: Can material contribution bridge the gap?" [2011] PrecedentAULA 52	(2011) 105 Precedent 24	Legis, Lexi	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII
Athanasiadis v Likos	[2010] SADC 85	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	25 Jun 2010	AustLII
Bunning v Hurley's Arkaba Hotel	[2008] SADC 175	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	19 Dec 2008	AustLII

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