NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-671
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : GOODSELL v MURPHY [2002] NSWCA 216 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40713/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 July 2002
PARTIES : Peter John GOODSELL v Lynette Sharon MURPHY JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Beazley JA at 62
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 8124/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Backhouse DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Appellant: F McAlary QC Respondent: M Aldridge SC/A Healey SOLICITORS : Appellant: Abbott Tout Respondent: Bryden's Law Office CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - motor accident - causation - whether negligence caused relapse into heroin addiction - plaintiff had a history of heroin dependency for some years prior to the accident - whether evidence capable of establishing causation. - QUANTUM - whether trial judge adequately took into account the plaintiff's predisposition to heroin abuse - prospects for the future - economic loss - diminution of earning capacity - s 70A Motor Accident's Act 1988. - (ND) LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988, s 70A Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 EMI (Australia) Ltd v Bes [1970] 2 NSWR 238 Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Grey v Simpson (unreported, NSWCA, 3 April 1978) CASES CITED: Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1 Tubemakers of Australia v Fernandez (1976) 50 ALJR 720 Wilson v Peisley (1975) 7 ALR 571 Yates v Jones (1990) ATR 81-009 DECISION : See pars 60, 61
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