Read the full judgment text of HCA 001083/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 September 1986.
1. This action arises out of an accident which occurred on the 25th November 1982, when Mr. Wong Kan Wan, in the course of his employment as an electrician on a construction site, was struck in the head by a concrete rivet fired from a cartridge gun operated by the 1st defendant, the employee of the 2nd defendant. Mr. Wong sustained injuries from which he died the same day, and this action was commenced by the administrator of his estate on 15th February 1985.