Coroners Court of Victoria
Doctor’s $300,000 bid for lost earnings from watchdog who moved in after wife’s death
A doctor who cut his wife’s throat with a kitchen knife in a failed bid to save her life took the medical regulator to court for failing to sign off on him resuming practice.
- by David Estcourt
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‘A major concern’: Tuck inquest told Victorian boxing must address CTE better
A world-leading expert in sporting brain injuries says a national framework for the sport should be devised to better manage repetitive head knocks.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Veronica Nelson’s death in custody: Doctor wants adverse findings overturned
Sean Runacres was criticised by a coroner for his medical assessment of Veronica Nelson in prison in the days before she died. He has launched legal action to have the findings thrown out.
- by David Estcourt and Erin Pearson
Adopting US football rules could help reduce brain trauma in AFL
A neurosurgeon told an inquest into the death of former AFL player Shane Tuck that reducing the number of full contact training sessions and eliminating them in the off-season may help reduce brain trauma to players.
- by Erin Pearson
Hallucinations, hearing voices: Inquest into death of AFL player examines head trauma
In the years before Shane Tuck took his own life, the suspected impacts of head knocks during his sporting career became so great he began hearing voices and withdrawing from family.
- by Erin Pearson
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Doctor referred to prosecutors over wife’s death has medical registration suspended
A Melbourne medic referred to prosecutors for his delays in seeking urgent medical help for his dying wife has been suspended by the federal health regulator.
- by Bianca Hall
Medical staff should never have operated on woman who died after eye surgery: coroner
A coroner has found Cherie Guest’s death was entirely preventable and medical staff failed to warn her family of the grave risks.
- by Erin Pearson
Doctor referred to prosecutors after slicing open wife’s throat
Peter Spencer claimed he intervened to prevent his wife from choking. But by the time he called for help three hours later, ambulance paramedics arrived to find her dead.
- by Erin Pearson
Coroner to probe Strathmerton black spot after six deaths in just over a year
The deputy state coroner will examine a decade’s worth of crashes and near misses at the intersection of Murray Valley Highway and Labuan Road as part of the investigation.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Help me please’: Coroner examines police response to missing grandmother
Police decisions made during the search for Colleen South, in Victoria’s north-west last year, will be scrutinised after it was revealed force command knocked back requests to take carriage of the investigation or deploy the air wing to help.
- by Erin Pearson
‘I’m still completely lost’: Probe into mystery Ocean Grove dune death reopened
The sister of a man whose body was found near a Bellarine Peninsula beach says she is elated Victoria’s coroner has ordered police to re-examine his unexplained death.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Marta Pascual Juanola