Khanna v Woolworths Group Limited (ABN: 88 000 0146 75) (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 567

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Khanna v Woolworths Group Limited (ABN: 88 000 0146 75) (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 567 Hearing dates: 10-11 March 2021; 16 March 2021; 17-19 May 2021; 21-22 June 2021; 25 August 2021 (written submissions); 1 September 2021 (written submissions); 9 September 2021 (written submissions);16 September 2021 (oral submissions) Date of orders: 20 October 2021 Decision date: 20 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings as agreed or assessed. (3) Liberty to the parties to apply within 14 days for a different costs order to that in (2) above. Catchwords: TORTS – negligence – trip and fall – Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) claim – alleged breach of duty of care by the defendant which resulted in the plaintiff's wife tripping on goods near an aisle of the defendant's store causing the plaintiff's wife to fall and the plaintiff being allegedly injured in attempting to support her – whether injury occurred as alleged by the plaintiff – whether breach of duty of care – question of the nature of the injuries suffered by the plaintiff, if any, in the accident – extensive pre-accident and post-accident history of other accidents and injuries and conditions LIMITATIONS OF ACTION – personal injury - ss 50C-50D Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2021 Cases Cited: Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Best v Rosamond [2020] NSWCA 90 Container Terminals Australia Ltd v Huseyin [2008] NSWCA 320 Council of the City of Sydney v Bishop [2019] NSWCA 157 DC v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 198 Ghantous v Hawkesbury City Council (2001) 206 CLR 512; [2001] HCA 29 Jackson v McDonald's Australia Ltd [2014] NSWCA 162 Kabic v AAI Limited t/as GIO [2019] NSWCA 247 Lloyd v Thornbury [2019] NSWCA 154 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd [1990] HCA 20; (1990) 169 CLR 638 Mason v Demasi [2009] NSWCA 227 McPherson v Dowell [2018] NSWDC 348 Miller v Galderisi [2009] NSWCA 353 New South Wales v Burton [2016] NSWCA 12 Patrick Stevedores Operations (No 2) Pty Ltd v Hennessey [2015] NSWCA 253 Smith v Alone [2017] NSWCA 287 Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5; (2012) 246 CLR 182 Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19; (2013) 250 CLR 375 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sanjeev Khanna (Plaintiff) Woolworths Group Limited (ABN: 88 000 0146 75) (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In Person (Plaintiff) R Gambi (Defendant)