Read the full judgment text of HCA 003159/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The plaintiff met with an accident on the 5th July 1983 whilst he was operating a power press in the factory of the Defendant. The Plaintiff had been unemployed for about three months. He was previously working. as a restaurant cook earning some $2,800 per month. In the accident, he had his left thumb squashed and severed. He spent 10 days in hospital with his left thumb re-implanted and subsequently reamputated. It is easier to understand, to describe the amputation as where the thumb joins