Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1987] UKHL 11 is an English tort law case concerning the "material increase of risk" test for causation. == Facts == The defendant hospital, initially acting through an inexperienced junior doctor, negligently administered excessive oxygen during the post-natal care of a premature child who subsequently became blind.
Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1987] UKHL 11 is an English tort law case concerning the "material increase of risk" test for causation. == Facts == The defendant hospital, initially acting through an inexperienced junior doctor, negligently administered excessive oxygen during the post-natal care of a premature child who subsequently became blind.
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