Stack v AGL Gas Company (NSW) Pty Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 488

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Stack v AGL Gas Company (NSW) Pty Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 488 HEARING DATE(S) : 14/04/03 - 15/0403 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 May 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Newman AJ at 1 DECISION : Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $4,093,089 plus costs.

CATCHWORDS : Negligence - Damages - Allowance for care Gloria Ivy Stack - Plaintiff AGL Gas Company (NSW) Pty Limited - Defendant 1 State Rail Authority of NSW - Defendant 2 Arup Partner Pty Ltd T/AS -"Capital Works Management" -Defendant 3 Ove Arup Consult Pty Limited T/AS -"Capital Works Management"-Defendant 4 Ove Arup Pty Limited T/AS -"Capital Works Management" -Defendant 5 TMG International Pty Limited T/AS -"Capital Works Management"-Defendant 6 PARTIES : Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs Pty Limited T/AS -"Capital Works Management"-Defendant 7 Group One Interiors Pty Limited T/AS -"Capital Works Management"-Defendant 8 Abigroup Contractors Pty Limited - Defendant 9 Josep & Sons Contracting Pty Limited (In liquidation) - Defendant 10 Josef & sons Pty Limited -Defendant 11 Robert Josef - Defendant 12 Daniel Josef - Defendant 13 Barry Adler - Defendant 14 Robert Campbell - Defendant 15 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20737/97 COUNSEL : B J Gross QC / T J Boyd - Plaintiff R Sheldon - 1st, 8th, 9th,10th Defendant Carroll & O'Dea - Plaintiff Ebsworth & Ebsworth - 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th Defendant Tress Cocks & Maddox - 2nd Defendant SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox - 3rd, 4th, 5th Defendant Henry Davis York - 6th Defendant Minter Ellison - 7th Defendant Thompson Cooper Lawyers - 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Defendant