Read the full judgment text of DCEC 000053/1980 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 5 November 1980.
1. In this case the court is only concerned with the quantum of damages. Prior to the accident the deceased (who was aged 24 at the time of the accident) lived with his father, step-mother, step-brothers and step-sister. I find that prior to the accident the total family income was about $2,980 per month of which $800 was contributed by the deceased. The deceased's father (the father) estimated the family's food bills at a little over $1,000 per month. The father said that since his son's death