Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000172/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 November 2005.
1. The plaintiff, Mr Hang, was employed by the defendant, Hanbo, as a carpenter. On 27 March 2001, in the course of his employment, he tried to hammer a steel cement nail through a wooden plank and into an iron or steel tube. The nail rebounded, and hit him in the left eye. He lost his sight in that eye, and can no longer work as a carpenter. He claims damages for negligence, breach of implied terms of employment and breach of statutory duty.
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