NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Coggins v Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL Club Ltd [2009] NSWDC 84
HEARING DATE(S): 14, 15, 16 and 17 April 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 May 2009
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Hungerford ADCJ
DECISION: Verdict for the defendant against the plaintiff; parties to be heard on costs
CATCHWORDS: TORTS - Personal injury - Negligence - Trip and fall in a club - Foot allegedly caught in netting over a display in foyer area - Nature of duty of care - Whether breach of that duty - Contributory negligence - Relevance of injuries sustained two weeks after the fall in a motor vehicle accident - Injuries from fall largely resolved at time of motor accident - Consideration and assessment of damages
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002, ss 5B, 5S, 15(3), 15B(2)(b), 15B(2)(c), and 16(2) Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, ss 58(1)(d) and 60(1)
Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Bankstown Foundry Pty Ltd v Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 New South Wales Department of Housing v Hume [2007] NSWCA 69 Fennell v Supervision and Engineering Services Holdings Pty Ltd and Santos Ltd (1988) 47 SASR 6 CASES CITED: Hackshaw v Shaw (1984) 155 CLR 614 Jones v Bartlett (2000) 205 CLR 166 Podrebersek v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 492 Roads and Traffic Authority v McGregor [2005] NSWCA 388 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40
PARTIES: Aileen Coggins - Plaintiff Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL CLub Limited - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S): No 2918 of 2008
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