personal injury
personal injury an injury to the person. Although it appears a simple phrase to interpret, in some contexts it proves difficult. In Scotland, it was held that a foetus born alive and surviving very briefly could sue for personal injury in the womb (Hamilton v. Fife Health Board 1993 SLT 624). An action against a solicitor for failing to raise an298
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action for personal injury is not a personal injury action (MacKenzie
v. Digby Brown 1992 GWD 191). In England, it has been held that an unplanned pregnancy was a personal injury (Watkin v. South Man- chester Health Authority [1995] TLR 380).
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