HIGH COURT MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR
JAYSHREE LC DOSHI – Appellant
Versus
AHMAD FAIZAL MOHAMAD ALI & ORS – Respondent
The provided court judgment does not explicitly include the phrase "mere oversight or employment does not automatically impose personal liability." However, the court's reasoning indicates that the employer (the 3rd Defendant) was held vicariously liable for the negligence of the employee (the 1st Defendant), based on the fact that the 1st Defendant was acting within the scope of his employment when performing the RFA procedure (!) (!) .
The court clarified that since the procedure was deemed acceptable and the 1st Defendant was an employee of the employer, the employer’s liability was vicarious, and the employee's conduct did not constitute acting on a "frolic of his own." This suggests that the court did not view employment status alone as imposing personal liability on the employee, especially if the act was within the scope of employment and accepted practice.
Therefore, the concept that "mere oversight or employment does not automatically impose personal liability" aligns with the court's reasoning, which emphasizes that liability depends on whether the employee was acting within the scope of their employment and whether the conduct was acceptable within the responsibilities assigned, rather than simply on employment status alone.
JUDGMENT
Introduction
[1] This is a medical negligence suit brought by the Plaintiff for herself and as the executrix of the estate of her deceased husband ("the deceased") against Ahmad Faizal bin Mohammad Ali ("1st Defendant"), Normala Bt Haji Basiron ("2nd Defendant") and the Government of Malaysia ("the 3rd Defendant").
[2] The case proceeded to a full trial for both liability and quantum. Both parties had filed the bundle of pleadings, agreed facts, issues to be tried and Bundle of Documents on the directives of Court . All these formed part of the proceedings.
[3] Besides the documents both parties called witnesses to adduce oral evidence. The Plaintiff called 4 witnesses ie the Plaintiff herself (SP1), Dr Oomen George a/l TO George (SP2), Dato' Lim Chee Wee (SP3) and Dr Steven Bandula (SP4).
[4] The Defendants called 5 witnesses ie the 1st Defendant (SD1), the 2nd Defendant (SD2), Dr Fong Chin Heng (SD3), Dr Chooi Lai Kuan (SD4) and Dr Hasliza binti Md Shahir (SD5).
Agreed Facts
[5] Amongst the agreed facts are that at the material time the 1st Defendant was an interventional radiologist at the Institut Kanser Negara ("IKN"), Putrajaya and the 2nd Defendant was a pl
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