Read the full judgment text of HCA 005345/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. At about 7.50 a.m. on Sunday, 22nd February 1981 the plaintiff was waiting at a bus stop in Prince Edward Road, when she was knocked to the ground by the wheel of a lorry. This wheel had in fact been the near side rear wheel of a lorry driven by the 1st defendant and owned by the 2nd defendant. As the lorry passed the plaintiff in Prince Edward Road this wheel became detached from its hub and struck her. The cause of this detachment is plain. Subsequent examination of the lorry by a vehicle e