NZMA wants Supreme Court to decide GP liability

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NZMA wants Supreme Court to decide GP liability

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New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Barrister Gaeline Phipps
Barrister Gaeline Phipps says it’s highly likely the Supreme Court will hear an appeal to a GPrelated test case on vicarious liability

The NZMA wants the Supreme Court to resolve a test case that leaves general practice shareholders potentially exposed to lawsuits arising from their GP partners’ medical mistakes.

A deputy health and disability commissioner held a general practice vicariously liable for a partner GP’s faulty antibiotic prescribing. The High Cour