Read the full judgment text of HCPI 007634/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 September 1992.
1. On the face of it, this is simply an action in which a factory worker, whose hand was crushed in a machine which he was operating, has obtained, in default of notice of intention to defend, interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed against his employers, he having sued them in negligence and breach of statutory duty.