NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-656
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Oran Park v Fleissig; Teamfox v Fleissig [2002] NSWCA 371 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40336/01; 40359/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 August 2002 13 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2002
Oran Park Motor Sport Pty Limited PARTIES : Eric Fleissig Teamfox Pty Limited JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 53; Einstein AJA at 73
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT 21227/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Brownie AJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
R McIlwaine SC (Oran Park) COUNSEL : P W Neil SC/J Carr (Fleissig) D Higgs SC/G Charteris (Teamfox) Marsdens Solicitors (Oran Park) SOLICITORS : Bateman Battersby (Fleissig) P W Turk & Associates (Teamfox) CATCHWORDS : personal injury - brain injury - workers compensation - damages - contribution - negligence - inadequate reasons - whether disabilities exaggerated - whether evidence reliable - voluntary assumption of risk LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 151G, 151H, 151J, 151M Blatch v Archer (1774) 1 Cowp 63 Armory v Delamirie (1722) 1 Stra 505, 93 ER 664 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Ho v Powell (2001) 51 NSWLR 572 CASES CITED: Moriarty v London Chatham & Dover Railway Co (1897) LR 5 QB 314 Moran v McMahon (1983) 3 NSWLR 700 State of New South Wales v Gee [2002] NSWCA 326 Roggencamp v Bennett (1950) 80 CLR 292 Canterbury Municipal Council v Taylor [2002] NSWCA 24 Woods v Multi-Sport Holdings (2002) 186 ALR 145 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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