COMAN V. MAYHEW

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUS:.RALIA

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

Judgment delivered at__SY¥DNEY. on THURSDAY, 27th JULY.1964

WM Howton, Gort, Brit, Melb,

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ROGGE. _MAXBEN

Zn these proceedings the plaintiff, a resident ef the State of Victoria, claims damages for personal : injuries whieh are said to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant who is a resident of the State of Hew : South Wales, 'he defendant did not appear in the proceedings and an interlocutery Judgment by default was entered on tha 25th May 1961. he matter now cones before me for the assessment of damages pursuant to an order of the Chief Justice made on the 22nd May 1961. The plaintiff was a passenger in a moter vehiele which overturned whilst travelling along the Hume Highway on the 13th February 1960. At the time of the accident he was unmarried and was twenty-seven years of age, Y He was 9 public servant of the State of Victoris employed in the Companies Registration Branch im Melbourne. As a result of the overturning of the vehicle in whieh he was ( travelling he received a number of injuries, the more | , serious of which were facial lacerations and an iajury to '| fe, " the left eye. The lacerations have left him with mltinle 2 J sears on the face, the forehead, the ehin and the right il lower lip, 0f these the scarring to the forehead is the most extensive although that on the right lower lip is alse notiesable ani-has ocuasioned him no little cencern. "The injury to the eye eaused a large haemorrhage into the vitrecus body and has left him with 2 corneal dear which . has resulted ina degroe of astignatism. in addition te these injuries the plaintiff suffered a heavy blow on the back of the head and either this er the eye injury, or a combination of beth, hes remlted in frequent and severe. heedaches, Additionally, he reseived bruises and