NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Doumit v Jabbs Excavations Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 360
HEARING DATE(S): 28/09/09
JUDGMENT DATE: 6 November 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Ipp JA at [1]; Young JA at [17]; Handley AJA at [112]
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: TORTS - Negligence - workplace incident- bulldozer reversed over worker- whether safe system of work- whether bulldozer driver negligent- whether contributory negligence on part of injured worker- challenge to trial judge's findings. - TORTS - Negligence- road accident- whether bulldozer is a "motor vehicle" for the purposes of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999- by majority it is not- Whether bulldozer is a vehicle determines whether duty of care is of employer to employee or of driver to pedestrian- operation of motor accidents legislative scheme and worker's compensation scheme. - WORDS AND PHRASES- "motor vehicle"- "vehicle".
Motor Accidents Act 1988 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, s 3 Motor Car Act 1903 (3 Edw 7, c.36) LEGISLATION CITED: Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942, ss 5, 38A Road Transport (General) Act 2005, s 3 Traffic Act 1909 Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 1997, Sch 4
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Bransgrove v Archer [1926] NZLR 254 Browne v Dunn (1984) 6 R 67 Clark v Fehlberg [1968] Tas SR 190 (NC) 11 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee [1999] HCA 59; 200 CLR 1 Fawcett v BHP By-Products Pty Ltd [1960] HCA 59; 104 CLR 80 Grygorcewicz v Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd [1963] NSWR 1205 Hirst v Government Insurance Office of NSW [1963] SR (NSW) 1007 CASES CITED: Holliday v Henry [1974] RTR 101 Kondis v State Transport Authority [1984] HCA 61; 154 CLR 672 Kotsambasis v Singapore Airlines Ltd (1997) 42 NSWLR 110 McLean v Tedman [1984] HCA 60; 155 CLR 306 Sugar City v Bennett and White (Calgary) Ltd [1950] 3 DLR 81 Swinton v The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd [1951] HCA 54; 83 CLR 553 Talbot-Butt v Holloway (1990) 12 MVR 70 The Commonwealth v Baume [1905] HCA 11; 2 CLR 405 The King v Berchet (1690) 1 Shower KB 106; 89 ER 480
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