NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Rasic v Cruz [2000] NSWCA 66 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40134/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 April 2000
Appellant: Mirjana Rasic PARTIES : 1st Respondent: Frederico Cruz 2nd Respondent: Zita Cruz JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Beazley JA at 12; Fitzgerald JA at 35
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 6170/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT George AJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Appellant: P Neil SC / P Regattiera Respondent: A Quinliven SOLICITORS : Appellant: Orr & Company (Sydney) (ref: LC Orr) Respondent:Henry Davis York (Sydney) (ref: P J Lederman) CATCHWORDS : Negligence - Personal injury - Duty of care - Forseeability - Failure of trial judge to consider expert medical evidence - Nature of injuries sustained - Damages LEGISLATION CITED : Suitor's Fund Act 1951 (NSW) Dailley v Spot-on Investments Pty Ltd (1995) Aust, Torts Reports 81-363 CASES CITED: Abalos v Australian Postal Commission(1990)171 CLR 167 Devries v Australian National Railways (1993) 177 CLR 472 Stae Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (1990) ALR 588 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed.; 2. Verdict and judgment of the trial judge be set aside.; 3. Judgment for the appellant to be assessed.; 4. Matter remitted to the District Court accordingly.; 5. Respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal, but to have, if qualified, a certificate under the Suitor's Fund Act 1951 (NSW).
Mirjana RASIC V Frederico CRUZ and Zita CRUZ
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