Read the full judgment text of HCA 003733/1973 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Plaintiff, a married man aged 34, was injured when he was struck by a plank which fell from a load on a goods vehicle in which he was travelling as a passenger on 26th May, 1972. He was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he was found to have suffered a ruptured right kidney a lacerated liver, and fractures of the 7th, 8th and 9th ribs of his right chest wall. A laparatomy was done that same day, the lacerations of his liver were repaired and his right kidney was removed. His "post