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1. The Plaintiff was removing planks in the course of his employment with the 2nd Defendant on a construction site when a wooden platform on which he was standing broke without warning thereby causing the Plaintiff to fall about 3 metres to the ground and sustain injuries. Both 1st and 2nd Defendants were claimed to be occupiers of the site and in breach of their statutory duty of care towards the Plaintiff working thereon.
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