Read the full judgment text of DCEC 000410/2006 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 5 May 2008.
1. This is a claim for employees’ compensation. The Applicant was a cleaner working at the 3rd floor of a KMB bus terminus when he was assaulted by a colleague. It is his case that the 1st Respondent was his direct employer and the 2nd Respondent was the principal contractor at the time of the accident. In the alternative, it is pleaded that the 2nd Respondent was the Applicant’s direct employer by that time. As the assault occurred in the course of his employment, the Applicant claims for e