NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd v Hrstic [2005] NSWCA 253
HEARING DATE(S): 15 June 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 4 August 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Basten JA at 2; Burchett AJA at 44
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: Negligence - causation - onset of persistent tinnitus - multiple possible causes - medical evidence inconclusive - whether finding on the balance of probabilities open - Non-economic loss - section 151G of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 - "a most extreme case"
Workers Compensation Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Act 1970
March v Stramare (E&MH) Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Bendix Mintex Pty Ltd v Barnes (1997) 42 NSWLR 307 Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] AC 1074 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Fernandez v Tubemakers of Australia Ltd [1975] 2 NSWLR 190 CASES CITED: Tubemakers of Australia Ltd v Fernandez (1976) 50 ALJR 720 Southgate v Waterford (1990) 21 NSWLR 427 Dell v Dalton (1991) 23 NSWLR 528 Franklins Ltd v Burns [2005] NSWCA 54 Rabay v Bristow [2005] NSWCA 199 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499
Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd (Appellant) PARTIES: Kreso Hrstic (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40585/04
R. Seton SC/D. Stanton (Appellant) COUNSEL: C. Barry QC/K. Andrews (Respondent)
Phillips Fox (Appellant) SOLICITORS: Sowden Akerman (Respondent)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
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