NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Thomas v Shaw [2009] NSWSC 510
HEARING DATE(S) : 16/2/09 - 20/2/09 30/3/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2009
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J
1. There should be a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $853,396, subject to order (3) below. DECISION : 2. The defendants should pay the plaintiff's costs. 3. I give the parties leave to mention the matter within 14 days in respect of funds management and interest.
CATCHWORDS : CIVIL LAW - NEGLIGENCE - child aged 10 on sleep over - fall from bunk bed - no guardrail or ladder - mandatory Australian Standard requiring guardrail and ladder - Civil Liability Act 2002 - accident foreseeable and preventable - causation established - DAMAGES - personal injury - issue whether child suffering from organic brain damage or psychiatric illness - significant injury - 50% of worst case - drop out of school - loss of earning capacity - other losses.
Civil Liability Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Doubleday v Kelly [2005] NSWCA 151 Port Stephens Council v Theodorakakis [2006] NSWCA 70 MD v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2009] NSWDC 22 CASES CITED : Kallouf v Middis [2008] NSWCA 61 Nominal Defendant v Gardikiotis (1995) 186 CLR 49 Campbell v Nangle (1985) 40 SASR 161 Ren v Mukerjee [1996] ACTSC 119 Pellow v NRMA & Anor [2004] NSWSC 152
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