Patient
claims R1m from surgeon
- 22 July
A 36-year-old businessman is claiming more than R1-million in damages from
a neurosurgeon after an operation to remove a tumour from his back which
he claimed initially left him a paraplegic. Although he is now able to
walk with the aid of a crutch, Riad Dasoo, of Joburg, said in papers
before the Pretoria High Court that Dr Louis Nel Snr was negligent in
performing the operation, as he allegedly failed to prevent damage to his
spinal cord. The specialist, however, denied this and said he had
performed the procedure with the utmost care. Nel stated in court papers
that he had acted with the care and skill expected of a neurosurgeon.
Dasoo's condition had improved to such an extent that he could now walk
with one crutch. The matter was postponed to August 5. - IOL
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'Put
my ex-husband behind bars'
- 22 July
A Faerie Glen woman has asked the Pretoria High Court to commit her former
husband - a high-profile and extremely wealthy businessman - to three
months' imprisonment as he is allegedly not honouring an agreement to
support her. The parties - who are not named as it is a divorce matter
involving children - earlier signed an agreement in terms of which the man
agreed that his wife, to whom he was married for 29 years, was entitled to
35 percent of his estate. She said he had since 1999 boasted that he
was worth R70-million. While he owned several luxury German cars, a
Beechcraft Baron aircraft and an R18-million four-storey house with a
30-seat movie theatre inside, she had creditors phoning her daily because
she could not make ends meet. He had told her before their divorce that he
would do everything in his power to see to it that she became a beggar in
the streets. - IOL
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