PELLONI-OLIVA v BOWIN MANUFACTURING P/L [2002] NSWSC 744

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : PELLONI-OLIVA v BOWIN MANUFACTURING P/L [2002] NSWSC 744 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20700/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 05-09/08/2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 August 2002

PARTIES : Giovanni Pelloni-Oliva - Plaintiff Bowin Manufacturing Pty Ltd - Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Burchett AJ at 1

COUNSEL : C. Barry QC & W. Carney - Plaintiff C. Charteris SC & P. Khandar - Defendant SOLICITORS : Carneys Lawyers - Plaintiff P.W. Turk & Associates - Defendant CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - employer's liability in respect of system of work and equipment - what amounts to contributory negligence - damages - assessment for reduced earning capacity by reason of vulnerable spine requiring lighter forms of work in a case where psychiatric claims and complaints of severe pain were rejected. Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd v. English [1938] AC 57 Kondis v. State Transport Authority (1984) 154 CLR 672 Bankstown Foundry Proprietary Limited v. Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 McLean v. Tedman (1984) 155 CLR 306 Podrebersek v. Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 492 CASES CITED : Fox v. Wood (1981) 148 CLR 438 Van Der Sluice v. Display Craft Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 204 Arthur Robinson (Grafton) Pty Limited v. Carter (1968) 122 CLR 649 Ahmedi v. Ahmedi (1991) 23 NSWLR 288 at 302-303 State of NSW v. Moss [2000] NSWCA 133 Malec v. JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Zeppelin v. Commonwealth of Australia [2002] NSWSC 228 DECISION : see para 36.