Read the full judgment text of HCA 007337/1986 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 July 1987.
1. The Plaintiff's claim arises out of an industrial accident that occurred on 17th January 1984 in the course of the Plaintiff's employment with the Defendant in his poultry business. The Plaintiff, aged 16 then, was an apprentice poultry worker of the Defendant when he sustained severe injuries to his right eye consequential upon the manually operated kerosene pressure burner exploding in his face while he was operating the piston pump thereof. The Plaintiff sues by his father and next friend,