The family of electric shock victim Denishar Woods have announced plans to sue the Western Australia government.
11-year-old Denishar was left permanently blind and severely brain damaged after being hit with 240 volts of electricity while trying to turn off a garden tap at her housing authority home in Perth on March 3.
Woods’ mother (pictured) along with Gerry Georgatos and Stewart Levitt will go up against the WA government
Gerry Georgatos from the National Indigenous Critical Response service spoke of the family’s plans to begin legal proceedings against the WA government with lawyer Stewart Levitt.
Levitt, said it will be claimed that the WA Government was in breach of its duty of care.
Denishar miraculously survived the incident despite doctors saying she had little chance of survival.
After doing brain scans, doctors warned Denishar could be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life.
Denishar (pictured) could be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life and will require full time care
She will require life-long care and needs equipment at home – such as a ceiling hoist and hospital bed – which her struggling family cannot afford.
The family are hoping to secure compensation on behalf of Denishar so that she can be looked after comfortably for the rest of her life.
Denishar (pictured) will require life-long care and needs equipment at home – such as a ceiling hoist and hospital bed
‘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 mother Lacey Harrison told NITV News.
Ms Harrison reported an electrical problem to the Department of Housing about an hour before the incident occurred, after a power outage at the property.
She was told an electrician would be out that evening or the next day.
Woods is now severely brain damaged after being shocked by a garden tap (pictured)
Michael Bunko, electricity compliance director at EnergySafety, said an ‘open circuit neutral’ was the likely cause.
The fault could have been caused by poor workmanship, a loose connection or corrosion, he said.
Electricity compliance director at EnergySafety (pictured) said an ‘open circuit neutral’ was the likely cause of the horrific incident