Family of electric shock victim Denishar Woods to sue WA government
The family of a Perth girl severely brain damaged after receiving an electric shock from the tap of their housing authority home plans to sue the West Australian government.
On Monday the family and Gerry Georgatos from the National Indigenous Critical Response service are expected to announce their plans to commence legal proceedings against the WA government with lawyer Stewart Levitt, NITV News reports.
Denishar Woods, 11, received a severe electric shock after touching a garden tap at their property in Beldon on March 3.
She suffered a catastrophic brain injury after being hit with 240 volts of electricity and had initially been given little chance of survival. She defied the odds but has been left blind from the accident, according to NITV News.
Michael Bunko, a director at WA's electricity regulator, believed the tragedy was likely caused by a fault in the neutral conductor supplying power to the property.
The family's lawyer Stewart Levitt said it will be claimed that the West Australian Government appears to be in breach of its duty of care.
He is hoping to secure compensation on behalf of Denishar so she can be looked after comfortably for the rest of her life.
“The best case scenario would be to have my little girl back. No money, not nothing is going to change how we feel or the traumatisation we’ve been through,” Denishar's mum Lacey Harrison told NITV News.