Model and author Tara Moss is suing a GP for an “extremely large” sum, claiming his negligence left her with permanent injury, chronic pain and in need of a walking stick nicknamed ‘Wolfie’.

However, the doctor’s lawyers have argued it was Ms Moss who was negligent, saying she failed to mention hip pain at any point over the time she was seen by the Blue Mountains GP. 

In the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday, Ms Moss’s lawyer Richard Cheney outlined why the 47-year-old Canadian-born crime writer would be seeking substantial damages from the doctor.

Ms Moss is unfit to undertake her modelling, media and public speaking events as a result of her condition, and requires domestic assistance, he said.