ROTORUA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITEDBRIGHTFORD LIMITED v REESON CRANE & ENGINEERING LIMITEDKUMAGAI GUMI COMPANY LIMITEDENTRECANALES Y TAVORA SACUBIERTAS Y MZOV SAMASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION

Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000124/1997 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 27 October 1998.

1. The plaintiffs have an interest in two crawler cranes. These cranes were leased to the first defendant for use on a construction site owned by the fifth defendant. In June and July 1996, the cranes suffered "accidents" said to have been caused by "the negligence and/or breach of statutory duties" of the defendants, their servants or agents "and/or by breach of the common duty of care on the part of the second to fourth and/or fifth defendants, their servants or agents". The plaintiffs issued