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F v R [(1983) 33 SASR 189] (Supreme Court of South Australia)

A married woman was advised to have a tubal ligation operation to sterilise her when she desired to have no further children. Although the operation was successfully performed, the procedure naturally reversed itself sometime later and she became pregnant. An action in negligence was brought against the doctor for failing to warn her of the less than 1% chance of this happening.

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