Read the full judgment text of HCA 002081/1972 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is an action that arises out of an accident that occurred in April of 1971 in Hennessy Road near the junction of Tin Lok Lane. I have - as is so often the case - two completely different versions of how that accident occurred. Put very briefly, the plaintiff's claim is that while standing on a level with a safely island and within the bounds of a studded pedestrain crossing, he was literally mown down by the first defendant who approached sharply from his left. The first defendant was dr