Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000973/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 May 2007.
1. The plaintiffs sued on behalf of the estate and the dependants of the deceased for damages arising out of the fatal accident at work of the deceased. The original claim was $1,179,556 (net of employees’ compensation of $864,600 paid). The plaintiffs accepted the payment in of $600,000 (which is within the jurisdiction of the District Court), and the present argument is only on the scale of costs upon taxation.
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