Read the full judgment text of CACV 000025/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 September 1996.
1. At about a quarter past eleven on the morning of 9th July, 1993, the Plaintiff was run down on the Clearwater Bay Road by a motor car owned and driven by the Defendant. He was awarded damages on the basis of 100% liability in the total sum of $983,386.20 with interest and costs. The Defendant now appeals against that judgment on three bases. The first is that upon the evidence he should not have been found liable at all. Secondly, he asserts that the Defendant was contributorily negligent. He