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Advances in medical technology – an insurer’s best friend?

With technological advances in the medical industry outpacing those in the insurance industry, Wotton Kearney Partner, Karen Jones and Dominic Flannery (Special Counsel) advise insurers to be alert to the opportunities created through the use of these advancements in the defence of proceedings. The pace of medical advancements in the last decade has revolutionised healthcare […]

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By : Feb 17, 2017 Comments Off on Advances in medical technology – an insurer’s best friend?
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Brain injury in sport: the new ‘asbestos’?

A growing area of risk for underwriters is in the area of delayed onset brain injury related to contact sports. Richard Johnson, Partner at Wotton Kearney, explores this highly topical issue and the implications for the insurance industry What is delayed onset brain injury? Mike Webster played centre for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the American […]

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By : Jan 23, 2017 Comments Off on Brain injury in sport: the new ‘asbestos’?
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When there’s nothing wrong in having another crack

Andrew Seiter and Noa Zur discuss the implications of a recent decision by the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in Mitchell v Latrobe Regional Hospital [2016] VSCA 342. On 21 December 2016, the Court said the amendments to the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) which have retrospectively lowered the thresholds for spinal and psychiatric injuries to […]

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By : Dec 23, 2016 Comments Off on When there’s nothing wrong in having another crack

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