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DAMAGES - appeal against quantum of award for personal injuries - accident neurosis - no error of fact or law
Kotsopoulos v Williams (unreported, NSW Court of Appeal, 28 November 1985) Gamser v Nominal Defendant (1977) 136 CLR 145
BETWEEN : STIPAN BUTKOVIC Appellant AND : AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY Respondent
No. ACT G.45 of 1985
CORAM : Davies, Neaves, Miles JJ
1 July 1986
Canberra
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'IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
DISTRICT REGISTRY
) ) ) ) No. ACT G.45 of 1985 ) ) )
GENERAL DIVISION
ON APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the Australian
Capital Territory SC 725 of 1979
BETWEEN: STIPAN BUTKOVIC
Appellant
AND: AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ELECTRICITY
AUTHORITY
Respondent
MINUTES OF ORDER
JUDGES MAKING ORDER: Davies, Neaves and Miles JJ
DATE OF ORDER: 1 July 1986
WHERE MADE: Canberra
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The appeal be dismissed.
2. The appellant pay the respondent's costs.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALTA
DISTRICT REGISTRY
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) AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY )
) No. ACT G.45 of 1985
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GENERAL DIVISION
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
BETWEEN : STIPAN BUTKOVIC Appellant AND : AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY Respondent REASONS FOR JUDGMENT CORAM : Davies, Neaves, Miles JJ 1 July 1986 DAVIES J : The evidence before the learned trial Judge showed
that, in February 1978, the appellant suffered burns when the scoop of a mechanical excavating machine that he was operating to excavate a trench came into contact with a high voltage underground cable. The evidence also established that the appellant suffered a neurotic reaction as a result of the
accident and of his injuries and that it was that reaction rather
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