Read the full judgment text of HCA 003137/1973 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is an assessment of the plaintiff's damages arising as a result of personal injuries which he suffered in a road traffic accident that occurred on the 10th March 1971. Interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed was obtained on the 23rd February 1974. The plaintiff who is now aged 19 suffered a fractured shaft of the right femur for which he was treated with skeletal and balanced traction for a period of ten weeks at the Queen Mary Hospital where he was an in-patient for 13 weeks.