20.1.4 General examples - Unintended consequence

1.A client suffers anaesthesia complications during an operation for the amputation of her leg, which had earlier been crushed in a non-compensable motor vehicle accident. The anaesthesia complications cause brain damage, le — ading to significant impairment and total incapacity for work.

2.A client is blinded in one eye following cosmetic eye surgery. Loss of sight is a known, but very rare, risk factor in that surgical procedure.