Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000005/1994 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Plaintiff brings this claim against the Defendant for damages as a result of an accident which occurred on 29th October 1991 when the Plaintiff, as the employee of the Defendant, was breaking up the road surface just at the kerb of Tokwawan Road with a pneumatic drill when his drill came into contact with a 11 Kv live electric cable which was buried about 150 mm underneath the road surface. That resulted in an explosion and in the words of the Plaintiff 'fire shot out' from the hole which