NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Ford v State of NSW & Anor [2001] NSWSC 145 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20209/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 October 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 March 2001
Janel Ford (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : State of New South Wales (First Defendant)
Macleay Home Modification & Mainteneance Services Inc (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison
Mr P Doherty (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr S G Campbell QC with Mr M A J Perry (Second Defendant) Garrett Walmsley Madgwick of Port Macquarie SOLICITORS : (Plaintiff)
Curwood & Partners (Second Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Negligence - Damages - Tripping at entrance to bathroom Jones v Dunkel (1959) 10 CLR 298 Astley & Ors v Austrust Limited (1998-99) 197 CLR 1 Froom v Butcher [1976] QB 286 Gunning v Fellows (1997) 25 MVR 97 Pennington v Norris (1956) 96 CLR 10 CASES CITED : Sungravure Pty Limited v Meani (1964) 110 CLR 24 Jefferies v Road & Traffic Authority of NSW, unreported 28 November 1997 State Government Insurance v Oakley (1990) Aust Torts Reports 81-003 Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 Sullivan v Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 Malec v Hutton (1990) 169 CLR 638 DECISION : (1) The second defendant is to pay the plaintiff the sum of $53,979.55; (2) Costs are reserved.
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