Read the full judgment text of HCA 008591/1981 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 June 1985.
1. The plaintiff was an iron worker employed by the lst Defendant, who as a sub-contractor of the 2nd defendant was engaged in carrying out renovation and construction work on the 3rd defendant's premises. On the 26th January 1979 the plaintiff in the course of his employment was standing on a machine about 30 feet above ground level helping to winch iron base through a narrow gap in the ceiling. Without warning in the course of the lifting operation the iron base measuring 17 feet x 4 inches x