Tot de 12de generatie
[A A S 33yr.] [SCUTTS - In sad and loving memory of my dear wife and our dear daughter in law Amy Agnes Scutts, who departed this life May 28, 1915. Her weary hours and days of pain, Her troubled nights are past, Her ever patient worn-out frame, Has found sweet rest at last, Inserted by her loving husband and children, Charles, Harold and Sydney] [SCUTTS - In sad and loving memory of our dear daughter in law Amy Agnes Scutts, who departed this life May 28 1915, Inserted by her loving father & mother in law, also her sister and brother in law Gertrude, Charles, and Herbert. At rest.] [TYE - In loving memory of my dear mother, Emily, Friday 29 May 1908.] [Tye, who departed this life May 29 1907. At rest. Inserted by her loving daughter, Amy Scutts.] [SCUTTS - In loving memory of my dearly beloved sister, Amy Agnes, who departed this life May 23, "We often sit and think of you, And think of how you died, But oh, it is so hard to think I could not say good bye", inserted by your loving sister and brother in law, Gertie and Henry Chapman.] [SCUTTS - In loving memory of our sister in law Amy Scutts who departed this life 22 May 1915. Her heart was always in her home, She toiled and did her best, No sympathy is needed now, For she has gone to rest, We oftimes sit and think of you And think of how you died, And oh! it is so hard to think, Not one was by your side. Inserted by her loving sister in law and brother in law, Minnie and Ted Scutts.] |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Walter Scutts : NSW # 7265 / IGI • overleden : NSW # 4969 Newtown • begrafenis : my-ged.com
[Evening News (Sydney, NSW: 1869-1931) Thursday 16 March 1911 p4 Article. Fire at Canterbury. Owing to a light thrown down at the rear of the business premises of Mr. Walter Scutt, in George Street, Canterbury, yesterday, an outbreak of Fire occurred which destroyed a wood and Iron shed 20ft by 10ft together with its contents. The Marrickvllle and Canterbury detachments of the fire brigade succeeded in preventing the flames reaching Mr. Scutt's main store.] [Scutt, Walter - July 11 1948 at his residence 44 Princess Street, Bexley dearly beloved husband of Emily and dear father of Charles, Harold, Sidney, Ruth, Walter, Frank and Mary and fond brother of Gertrude and Charles aged 66 years.] [The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 12 July 1948 p10 Family Notices. Scutts - The Relatives and Friends of Mrs Emily Scutts of 44 Princess Street, Bexley and Family are invited to attend the Funeral of her dearly beloved Husband and their dear Father Walter to leave the Metropolitan Funeral Home, Railway Parade, Burwood this Day after service commencing at 1.30 pm for the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood. Metropolitan Burial and Cremation Society Railway Parade, Burwood UJ2178 9.] [The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) Tuesday 20 July 1948 - In the Will of Walter Scutts late of Bexley near Sydney in the State of New South Wales, traveller deceased Application will be made after 14 days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will and Testament dated the 20th day of September 1943 of the above named deceased may be granted to Emily Scutts the Executrix named in the said Will and all notices may be served at the undermentioned address. All Creditors in the Estate of the deceased are hereby required to send in particulars of their claims to the undersigned LORTON DUKE A. CO Proctors for the Executrix 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.] |
Bronnen • geboorte : NSW 5241/1881 • Huwelijk met Amy Agnes Tye : NSW # 7265 / IGI • Huwelijk met Emily Arnold : NSW # 638 • overleden : NSW # 21275 [Rockdale] / The Sydney Morning Herald [1948 Jul 20] • begrafenis : my-ged.com
A S 4dy. or wk., Rockwood - plot:Zone C Section MMMM Grave 1149. |
Bronnen • geboorte : NSW #4563 • overleden : NSW # 7483
TRADESMEN FINED. Wednesday 19 February 1930. BOARD of HEALTH - Prosecutions. Campsie Court yesterday for failing to keep his premises clean. Charles Scutts was fined £3. |
Bronnen • geboorte : NSW #34004 • Huwelijk met Maria Ann Rooke : NSW # 15882 • overleden : NSW # 28749
Maria May Rooke also noted. |
Bronnen • geboorte : Katherine A. M. Butts • Huwelijk met Charles William Scutts : NSW # 15882 • Huwelijk met Mervyn Keith Wood : Katherine A. M. Butts • overleden : Sydney Daily Telegraph - see Wood
(Was he born out of wedlock?) [Scutts-Heath - The Engagement is announced of Marjorie Elizabeth second eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Heath of Leichardt to John Alfred eldest son of Mr & Mrs Scutts of Croydon.] [J A S 64yr., Woronora, Wall of Memorial Row:25GG, plot:0213.] |
Bronnen • geboorte : BMD NSW (Marriage & Children) • Huwelijk met Marjorie Eliza Heath : NSW # 3327 / The Sydney Morning Herald [1952 Feb 02] • overleden : Sydney Morning Herald
[Scutts-Heath - The Engagement is announced of Marjorie Elizabeth second eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Heath of Leichardt to John Alfred eldest son of Mr & Mrs Scutts of Croydon.] [M E S bur:Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, NSW - plot: Wall of Memories Panel 25, GG #212.] |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met John Alfred Scutts : NSW # 3327 / The Sydney Morning Herald [1952 Feb 02] • overleden : Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 20 February 1952 p28 - OSBORN-SCUTTS - The Engagement is announced of Amy May elder daughter of Mr & Mrs C W Scutts of 44 Badminton Rood, Croydon to Mr Cedric George Osborn elder son of Mr & Mrs A G Osborn of 110 Cambridge Street, South Grafton. |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Cedric George Osborne : NSW # 16684 Burwood & Manly (2x)
The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 20 February 1952 p28 - OSBORN-SCUTTS - The Engagement is announced of Amy May elder daughter of Mr & Mrs C W Scutts of 44 Badminton Rood, Croydon to Mr Cedric George Osborn elder son of Mr & Mrs A G Osborn of 110 Cambridge Street, South Grafton. |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Amy May Scutts : NSW # 16684 Burwood & Manly (2x)
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Helen Leanne Sutton : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Gregory George Osborne : my-ged.com
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Peter de Witt : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Judy May Osborne : my-ged.com
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Brian Bosden : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Carol Ann Osborne : my-ged.com
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Deborah Ann Colburn : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Leslie Charles Osborne : my-ged.com
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • overleden : NSW # 6747/1980 / Sydney Morning Herald
Sat 4 Aug 1951 - Scott : Scutts - The engagement is announced of Shirley Ann younger daughter of Mr. & Mrs.C.W. Scutts of 44 Badminton Road, Croydon to Donald Kenneth only son of Mr & Mrs.K.R.Scott of 50 Cross Street, Campsie. |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Kenneth Donald Scott : my-ged.com
Sat 4 Aug 1951 - Scott : Scutts - The engagement is announced of Shirley Ann younger daughter of Mr. & Mrs.C.W. Scutts of 44 Badminton Road, Croydon to Donald Kenneth only son of Mr. & Mrs.K.R.Scott of 50 Cross Street, Campsie. |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Shirley Ann Scutts : my-ged.com
[Friday 12 December 1952] SCOTT (nee Scutts) - December 9, at Paddington Royal, to Shirley & Ken, a daughter (Margaret Ann). |
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C R S - 64yr. |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Barbara Jean Coote : NSW # 17149 Burwood • overleden : Sydney Morning Herald / Sydney Daily Telegraph
[Funeral Date and Time: 12:00 PM Monday 27th July 2015, North Chapel - Forest Lawn Mem Pk & Crematorium, 1640 Camden Valley Way, Leppington, NSW.] [B J S 86yr., late of Busby.] |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Charles Raymond Scutts : NSW # 17149 Burwood • overleden : Daily Telegraph (Sydney) [2015 Jul 22]
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Ann Day : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met John William Scutts : my-ged.com
Kelly Louise Scutts? or Kelly Lisa Scutts? |
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year of birth may not be correct. |
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year of birth may not be correct. |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Frank Loprete : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Jane Therese Scutts : my-ged.com
[Birth 1937 Jul 29 also noted.] [In Memoriam, Scutts, Jimmy — Remembered with fondness, the Ross family. Scutts, Jim — May 23 1984, Loved always Colleen, Ross, Cindy, Katherine. Scutts, Jim. — 23.5.1984. Always sadly missed and fondly remembered by the Members of the ACT Emergency Service North Region.] [The Canberra Times, Friday 25 May 1984 p20 Family Notices. Scutts, The relatives and friends of the late Mr James Walter Scutts are respectfully informed that his funeral will be held on Monday 28th May 1984. A service will be held in the Chapel of Norwood Park. Crematorium commencing at 1pm.] [The Canberra Times (1926-1995), Friday 25 May 1984. Scutts, Jim — The Volunteers of North Region, A.C.T. Emergency Service, record their appreciation and esteem for the life and work of their friend Jim and express their sympathy to his family at their loss. So Mote It Be.] [The Canberra Times, Saturday 2 June 1984 p24 Family Notices. Scutts, The family of the late James Walter Scutts would like to express their sincere appreciation to the Staff of both RCH and WVH and to those who sent cards, floral tributes and lent support after this tragic loss. Special thanks to John Ross and other members of the ACT Emergency Service whose assistance and support was tremendous and could never be matched.] [The Canberra Times (ACT :1926-1995) - Tuesday 23 May 1989 p 16 Family Notices. Scutts, Jim 23.5.1984. We are all thinking of you. Colleen, Ross, Cindy, Katherine, "Pattie", Andrew.] |
Bronnen • geboorte : Katherine A. M. Butts • Huwelijk met Colleen Lois Wood : NSW 25172 [Marrickville] / Katherine A. M. Butts • overleden : Katherine A. M. Butts • Crematie : The Canberra Times [1984 May 25]
Bronnen • geboorte : Katherine A. M. Butts • Huwelijk met James Walter Scutts : NSW 25172 [Marrickville] / Katherine A. M. Butts
Bronnen • geboorte : Katherine A. M. Butts • geen vermelding met Patrica Mary Badcock : Katherine A. M. Butts
Bronnen • geboorte : Katherine A. M. Butts • geen vermelding met Ross Arthur Scutts : Katherine A. M. Butts
The Canberra Times (ACT :1926-1995) Wednesday 30 January 1985. SAMUEL-SCUTTS. It is with great pleasure the engagement is announced of Cindy, elder daughter of Colleen and the late James Scutts of Latham, to Andrew, only son of Louise and Charles Samuel of Deakin. Happiness always. |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • geen vermelding met Andrew Samuel : Katherine A. M. Butts
Bronnen • geen vermelding met Cindy Elizabeth Scutts : Katherine A. M. Butts
The Canberra Times - Wednesday 4 February 1976 p20. Family Notices. SCUTTS To Colleen and Jim, 1/2/76, a daughter, Katherine Ann Maria, sister for Ross and Cindy. |
Bronnen • geboorte : Katherine A. M. Butts • Huwelijk met Simon J. Butt : Katherine A. M. Butts
Yerevan, 24 November: Representatives of the Armenian and British Foreign Ministries held consultations in Yerevan today. The press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told our agency that Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugaryan and Simon J. Butt, head of the department for Eastern countries of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, represented the countries. |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Katherine Ann Maria Scutts : Katherine A. M. Butts
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Noelene Robin : NSW # 16690
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Thomas Henry Scutts : NSW # 16690
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Bronnen • geboorte : Ely 4a 594 • Huwelijk met Paul David Harper : my-ged.com
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Scutts, Laurence Wayne: Service Number - R62695.Date of birth:18 Apr 1946.Place of birth:Paddington, NSW. Place of enlistment:Sydney, NSW. Next of Kin - Marin. Contents date range 1946-48. |
Bronnen • geboorte : National Achives of Australia • Huwelijk met Helen Marshall : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Laurence Wayne Scutts : my-ged.com
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H S 19yr., female, actor - location: Greater London (2006). |
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Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Susanna Lee Suffling : worldconnect.rootsweb.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Kenneth Philip Scutts : worldconnect.rootsweb.com
[Scutts, Harold; Army Number - 06/147509; Date of birth - 28 April 1906. Contents date range 1920- circa 1946. Harold Scutts versus John Vicars Limited [Appeal under regulation 16 of National Security (Manpower) Regulations](Box 7) - Contents date range 1943.] [H S 95yr., formerly of Campsie, Woronora Cemetary:Ashes Taken.] |
Bronnen • geboorte : NSW # 17255 / National Achives of Australia • Huwelijk met Evelyn Francis Reynolds : NSW # 19970 / National Achives of Australia • overleden : Rookwood Necropolis / Sydney Morning Herald
E F S - 80yr. |
Bronnen • geboorte : Sydney Morning Herald • Huwelijk met Harold Scutts : NSW # 19970 / National Achives of Australia • overleden : Sydney Morning Herald
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Patricia Margaret Wormold : NSW 21735 [Burwood]
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Barry Keith Scutts : NSW 21735 [Burwood]
[St John Bosco College 1982 Engadine, NSW.] [K S bur:Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, NSW - Plot: Sect. Tranquil Gdn Plot 40] [Funeral Date and Time: 11:00 AM Tuesday 25th June 2013, Woronora Cemetery & Crematorium, cnr Linden & Sutherland Sts, Sutherland, NSW.] |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com / www.camden.communityguide.com.au • overleden : St George & Sutherland Leader [2013 Jun 20] • begrafenis : Woronora Cemetery & Crematorium
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Elizabeth Daniels : my-ged.com
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Craig Scutts : my-ged.com
S H S - 78yr. |
Bronnen • geboorte : NSW # 28522 • Huwelijk met Marjorie Edna Rochester : NSW # 8418 • overleden : Sydney Morning Herald • begrafenis : Sydney Morning Herald
Marjorie Edna Scutts late of Guildford, formerly of Lakemba - Plot:Anglican ZoneD sect15 grave4478. |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Sydney Herbert Scutts : NSW # 8418 • overleden : NSW 41919 / Sydney Morning Herald • begrafenis : Rookwood Necropolis
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Malcolm Richard Westphal : NSW # 1384 Sydney
M R W - Sgt Malcolm Richard Westphal, born in Australia on June 19 1935 - died in Australia on April 27 2009, Aged 73 Years. Lest We Forget. Service: ARMY Unit: 1 OFP 10 Jan 69 to 27 Apr 09. Rank: SGT. |
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Joan Evelyn Scutts : NSW # 1384 Sydney
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National Medal - 26 June 1983. |
Bronnen • geboorte : Australian Honours List / my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Dawn Mary Hope : NSW 27057 [Ashfield]
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Sydney Raymond Scutts : NSW 27057 [Ashfield]
Bronnen • geboorte : NSW BMD (Deaths) • overleden : NSW # 2069
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Alan Scutts was nominated for Citizen of the Year award in the City of Maitland for his contribution to the Rural Fire Service. |
Bronnen • geboorte : my-ged.com • Huwelijk met Sally-Anne ------ : (Children)
Bronnen • Huwelijk met Alan Scutts : (Children)
Bronnen • geboorte : The Canberra Times [1991 Jul 16]
The Canberra Times Tuesday 16 July 1991 p1. The tragic story of baby Ty Scutts and his Canberra operation that went terribly wrong. Ty was admitted to hospital early on August 23, 1984. He was a normal and good-looking baby, the Scutts second child. He was already sitting and had just started to prop himself up on his hands and knees to crawl backwards. Mrs Scutts didn't see the surgeon nor the anesthetist before the operation. The only conversation she had had with him about the circumcision had been some months before at her routine post-natal consultation when he had recommended it after examining the baby's foreskin. First, industrial action at the hospital, and then a mild chest infection in Ty, had delayed the surgery. It was a nurse in the day-patients ward who asked her to sign the consent form. Ty was back from surgery in what seemed no time at all and was ready to be discharged by lunch-time. Mrs Scutts, relieved and happy, picked up her other child, four-year old Felicity, from the babysitter's, and went home. As soon as she got there she went to change him, heeding the nurse's advice of "Change his nappy as you would normally and do not fuss around". She unpinned it, and found it soaked with fresh blood. She could see blood dripping from his penis. Frightened and panic-stricken, Mrs Scutts bundled both children back into the car and rushed to casualty. About 40 minutes later, the surgeon arrived and examined Ty. "This is a hard decision to make,"he said. "The bleeding has stopped. "A few minutes later he said, "It won't take five minutes. I'm going down there to check the plastibell and investigate where the bleeding is coming from." It was about 2pm., Mother worried and helpless. In a statement made later, Mrs Scutts said she was not asked to sign a consent form and was not aware that there was going to be a second operation. "I was not told that Ty was to have an anaesthetic," she said. "I did not meet nor have any discussion with an anesthetist." (It was not until the next day that Mr Scutts was asked to sign a consent form, which it appears was then back-dated. Within half an hour, Mrs Scutts was already anxious. She had dashed from the house without giving Felicity lunch and without her purse to buy her some and the child was hungry. She asked the nurse how long Ty would be. "They are still in theatre," she was told. Three more times she asked. She was very worried and felt helpless. At 4.30pm Mr Scutts joined her in casualty where she was still waiting. "There is something gone wrong, they are keeping me in the dark," she said. Mr Scutts went to the nurse and asked again what was taking so long. "I don't know, I rang theatre and they said they should be up in 10 to 15 minutes," she said. At 5.15 pm the surgeon, accompanied by the anesthetist, came to see them. The surgeon was visibly distressed and had obviously been crying. "Something had gone wrong," he said. A million-in-one chance. He took a man-sized fit and then a cardiac arrest and died for 43 minutes. He is in a deep sleep." Ty Scutts, his father, Alan, and mother, Sally-Anne, at a friend's home in O'Connor. "You mean a coma?" Mr Scutts asked. "Yes," said the surgeon. The baby's parents were taken to intensive care. Mrs Scutts breaks down as she recalls that moment. Her baby was shaking and fitting. He had tubes everywhere, leads to his chest and was attached to a monitor. The doctor said she could touch him but she turned away. "I couldn't touch him," she says. "It wasn't the same boy I took in in the morning. He was attached to tubes and machines. I demanded to go home. He wasn't my little boy." Mrs Scutts couldn't bring herself to see him again for some time: she was in dreadful shock, and withdrew into herself, eventually becoming very ill. But Mr Scutts and his father-in-law maintained an almost constant vigil by his bed, talking to him, stroking him and surrounding him with his favourite toys. The doctors said he would die, it was just a matter of time. He was christened in the presence of family and friends who'd crowded into the intensive care ward. "It was really nice" Mrs Scutts says. "They put the christening dress on." As she looked at him lying there she thought he wouldn't survive and that if he did he would be a "vegetable all his life". Desperation overtook her. No support for grief and shock. The next day she was admitted to hospital with acute pneumonia and nervous exhaustion. Ty, meanwhile, came out of the coma and was transferred to the pediatric ward. Mr Scutts took the baby to her in her room and encouraged his wife to feed him his bottle. It was a gesture that re-established the temporarily shaken bond between mother and baby. Incredibly, however, the parents still hadn't been offered any support or professional counselling for their grief, shock or anger. They never were. The nursing staff had been forbidden to discuss the matter or to speculate on what had gone wrong. So Mr and Mrs Scutts sat and waited, Ty propped up in a cot, his circumcision wound healing and his future shattered. A woman whose baby was in the same ward remembers a circle of doctors and medical staff surrounding the cot, and without looking Mr Scutts in the eye, pronouncing soberly words to the effect, "Look, we don't know what went wrong exactly. You're just going to have to accept that he's got severe brain damage and you'll have to find out about therapy and things like that." The spectator watched in disbelief as the family was left floundering on their own to try to come to terms with the enormity of how their lives had changed. Once, she asked a nurse what had happened to him, and as the nurse began to talk the head sister came up and stopped her, reprimanding her severely. The walls of defence were up well and truly. "I just held this little kid who screamed," Mr Scutts says of that week in the children's ward. "They destroyed his life. And they can't fix it. No-one even wanted to speak to us. After a week they were told they may as well take him home. There was nothing that could be done for him in hospital. The administrator of nursing asked to see them. In an interview that lasted no more than six minutes they were told the hospital was sorry that it had happened. They were asked whether they wanted to sign discharge papers to take him home, or an application form to have him admitted to an institution. When they said they would be taking their baby home with them the administrator suggested they go see a social worker so they could find out about getting a handicapped child's pension. As they were leaving a friend who worked in the hospital told the Scutts that there was a lot of talk going on about what had happened to Ty and that something was being covered up. "I think you'd better see a solicitor," she said. It was the first anyone had suggested to the Scutts that Ty's tragedy was perhaps something other than bad luck, more than just the "million to one" fluke they believed it to be. The family couldn't wait to get out of Canberra. Mrs Scutts, who had grown up here and lived much of her married life here, now hated it and she still hates to come back. Mr Scutts resigned from his job and within a week or so of Ty's discharge the family made the nightmare trip to Dungog to live with Mrs Scutts family. Ty screaming and fitting almost all the way. They still live there, now in a separate caravan, so that Ty's cries and restless nights do not disturb the rest of the household. Ty's development has been halted at the level of a nine-month old for the past four years. He can't walk or talk and probably never will be able to. It is only relentless hard work by his family, including his two devoted sisters, Felicity and Que, 5, that has got him to his present level where he can say "Mum" and "Dad" and roll himself along. "The hardest thing was getting used to the piercing cerebral crying," Mrs Scutts said. When he'd left hospital he had not even been able to roll over — and they were warned he could be bedridden for life. It was only this year that they were able to get him into a special school for the intellectually disabled at Maitland. Since then he has progressed remarkably, he has been taught to use a standing frame and begun toilet training. Earlier this year Mr Hohnen's legal team was joined by Dr Lyn Fong, a medical practitioner from Sydney who had studied law part-time and been admitted to the ACT bar. Her medical knowledge was invaluable in interpreting the many technical issues involved in the case. Ty's parents sustained a nervous shock claim against the anesthetist. Mr Scutts received $20,000 and Mrs Scutts $40,000 — modest sums when costs are deducted. Nervous shock claims are rare in the ACT and awards notoriously low. Yet the effect on the Scutts has been devastating. Mr Scutts describes himself as no longer the happy-go-lucky person he was. He has taken on the responsibility of caring for his handicapped son with conviction and dedication, and carries the bulk of the huge commitment on his own shoulders. Mrs Scutts has frequent bouts of depression, often being overwhelmed by the sheer physical and emotional work. They say, with poignant understatement, that had they known how things would turn out they would never have had the operation done. Ty's parents applied, successfully, to the court yesterday for the go-ahead to buy a suitable home and a myriad of equipment that will make his life a bit easier. Mr Scutts told the court he was planning to set up a well-equipped carpentry workshop in the yard, so that Ty's adult years could be spent as constructively as possible. The legalities are finally over. The tragedy still has a life-time to run. The Canberra Times, Tuesday 16 July 1991 p1. Article. Parents six-year fight for $1.5m damages by MARION FRITH. Ty Scutts was a bonny five-month old when he was admitted to Royal Canberra Hospital (North) in August, 1984, for a circumcision, an operation recommended by his doctor for medical reasons. It was nothing to worry about, his parents were told; it was routine and minor surgery: he'd be home again the same day. But something went very wrong during that operation — a "million to one chance" the doctors said — and when the baby was finally discharged two weeks later he was severely brain damaged, and suffering a litany of medical tragedies: quadriplegia, epilepsy, spasticity and mental retardation. Yesterday, after six gruelling and heart-breaking years, young Ty Scutts received $1.5 million by way of settlement in legal proceedings against the anesthetist. This did not, however, involve any admissions of liability. And as Ty is still an infant the ACT Supreme Court had to formally approve the compromise settlement. The award, the highest made in the ACT in a medico-legal case and one of the highest in Australia, is a testimony to dogged perseverance, both by his parents, Alan and Sally-Anne Scutts, of Dungog, NSW, and their legal advisers, Peter Hohnen, Steve Walmsley, and Hal Sperling, QC, to breakthrough the seemingly impenetrable medical ranks that closed around the doctors almost as soon as the terrible news was broken to the family. It took Mr Hohnen three long and bitterly frustrating years to find any specialist anesthetists who were prepared to come forward and testify on Ty's behalf. The medical profession,it seems, sticks together. |
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