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Suing doctors for wrongful diagnosis
Doctors cannot be held liable for bad advice to injured players - 11th October 2006
The court rejected a claim for compensation following a doctors negligent diagnosis.
The case was brought by West Bromwich Albion, the championship club, against an orthopaedic surgeon who treated a player worth £750,000.
The Court ruled that the doctor did not owe a duty of care to the club and was therefore not required to compensate it for bad advice.
Mr Appleton was signed by West Bromwich for £750,000 on a three-year contract in 2001. He was referred to the expert, a sports injuries specialist, after damaging his knee during training in November that year. The specialist gave the wrong diagnosis which led to surgery whereas the injury could have healed on its own. The injury worsened and the player was forced to retire.
Source The Times.
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