FAI ALLIANZ INSURANCE LTD v LANG [2004] NSWCA 413

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : FAI ALLIANZ INSURANCE LTD v LANG [2004] NSWCA 413 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/09/2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 November 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Santow JA at 1; Bryson JA at 2; Young CJ in Eq at 40 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs [39]

CATCHWORDS : Damages - personal injury - not affected by Motor Accidents Act 1988 - review of awards of damages for: future economic loss where finding on life expectancy, with consideration of 15% discount for vicissitudes in view of intercurrent adverse health conditions: Home Care where evidence about services actually provided was unclear and damages were based on expert evidence of needs, not on actual care - Held, no error in assessment. Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) s.72 LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Queensland) s.55D Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt.51 r.40 and Pt.51AA r.25B Blundell v. Musgrave (1956) 96 CLR 73 Chung v. Anderson [2004] NSWCA 321 Graham v. Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161 John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CLR 503 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Limited (1990) 169 CLR 638 Matchan v Lyons [2003] NSWCA 384 CASES CITED : Morgan v. Gibson (unreported, NSWCA, 6 June 1997) Nominal Defendant (NSW) v Gardikiotis (1994) 19 MVR 307 Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW v Lolomanaia (2001) 34 MVR 249 Sharman v Evans (1977) 138 CLR 563 State of New South Wales v. Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 Sullivan v. Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 Wynn v New South Wales Insurance Ministerial Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 485 PARTIES : FAI Allianz Insurance Limited - Appellant Debbie Marie Lang - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40004/2004 COUNSEL : S. Campbell SC and A. Capelin - Appellant J.M. Ireland QC and R. Foord - Respondent SOLICITORS : TL Lawyers - Appellant Quirk Davidson & Easdown (city agent: Turner Whelan) - Respondent