Fw: Aussie Woman awarded $40,000 over botched breasts

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Subject: Aussie Woman awarded $40,000 over botched breasts

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> Woman awarded $40,000 over botched breasts

> By BRISBANE

> March 1 2002

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> A woman who sued her plastic surgeon over botched breast implants was

today

> awarded $40,000 after a Brisbane court found the doctor had been

negligent.

>

> Anne , who was not present for the judgment in Brisbane's District

> Court today, successfully sued Sydney-based doctor Warren Chan.

>

> During the trial late last year, Ms had claimed the implants -

> which gave her a C cup instead of a B cup - were painful and uncomfortable

> and sat up too high.

>

> Ms had also sued Australia's cosmetic surgery queen Pamela Noon,

> whose consultancy used Dr Chan to do the operation.

>

> However, District Court Judge Neil McLauchlan cleared Ms Noon's company

> Clinical Beauty, which is now in liquidation.

>

> Mr Chan has been ordered to pay $25,000 for pain and suffering, $13,000

for

> corrective procedures and $2,000 for invisible scarring.

>

> Outside court, Ms solicitor Michal Horvath declared the decision a

> victory for patients against negligent doctors.

>

> Ms was unavailable for comment as she has signed an agreement with

> a major Australian magazine.

>

> AAP

>

> This story was found at:

> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/01/1014704992249.html

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