Lee v Woolworths Limited [2015] NSWSC 1789

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lee v Woolworths Limited [2015] NSWSC 1789 Hearing dates: 2– 6 November 2015 Date of orders: 04 December 2015 Decision date: 04 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: (1) Verdict for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – personal injury – where plaintiff injured when manually restacking goods in his prime mover – whether plaintiff was owed a duty by the defendant to assist him with that task – whether defendant entitled to do nothing Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Workers Compensation Act 1987 Cases Cited: Andar Transport Pty Ltd v Brambles Ltd [2004] HCA 28; (2004) 217 CLR 424 Bankstown Foundry Pty Ltd v Braistina [1986] HCA 20; (1986) 160 CLR 301 Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard [2009] NSWCA 167 Czatyrko v Edith Cowan University [2005] HCA 14; (2005) 214 ALR 349 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2003] HCA 51; (2003) 215 CLR 317 Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Fox [2009] HCA 35; (2009) 240 CLR 1 Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2015] 2 WLR 343; [2015] UKSC 2 Shaw v Thomas [2010] NSWCA 169 Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923 Sullivan v Moody [2001] HCA 59; (2001) 207 CLR 562 Swain v Waverly Municipal Council [2005] HCA 4; (2005) 220 CLR 517 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mark Anthony Lee (Plaintiff) Wickhams Freight Lines Pty Ltd (Third defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Dooley SC with P Clingan (Plaintiff) M McCulloch SC with T Berberian (Third Defendant)