Read the full judgment text of CACV 000093/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against the quantum of an award in an action for damages for personal injuries. The Plaintiff was injured in a road accident. He suffered severe injuries to ore leg and as a result his leg was amputated below the knee somewhere about the mid calf. He was at the time only ten years old and, because he was still growing, the amputation stump has had to be operated on already three times, with the possibility that he may require a further operation: as his tibia grows this affe