NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-637
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : BURNS v HOYTS PTY LTD [2002] NSWCA 5 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40141/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 December 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 February 2002
PARTIES : Diane Burns - Appellant Hoyts Pty Limited - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Heydon JA at 27; Ipp AJA at 28
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 4464/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Gibb DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : J D Hislop QC/P A Regattieri - Appellant B F Murray QC/C A Twomey - Respondent SOLICITORS : R J Rimes - Appellant Boyd House & Partners - Respondent CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - duty of care - reasonably foreseeable risk of injury - automatic retraction of cinema seats - duty to warn LEGISLATION CITED : N/A Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 "Wagon Mound" (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 617 CASES CITED: Hackshaw v Shaw (1984) 155 CLR 614 Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1998) 192 CLR 431 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Set aside the verdict and judgment of Judge Gibb of 20 February 2001; 3. In lieu thereof verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in an amount to be assessed; 4. Remit the matter to the District Court for a new trial limited to the assessment of damages; 5. The respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and of the hearing before Judge Gibb.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
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