Read the full judgment text of HCA 014011/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is a personal injury case in which the Plaintiff lost his left arm while operating a winch on a sand transportation barge ("the barge"). That was on 26th December 1980. In October 1982 he applied for "workmen's compensation" under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance. The application was heard by Judge Blackwell in the District Court in 1983. He awarded the Plaintiff a sum of $204,254.66. I shall refer to those proceedings as the 1983 case.