Read the full judgment text of CACV 000145/1986 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 January 1991 before Sir Derek Cons, V-P, Kempster JA, Clough JA.
Civil law – negligence – personal injury – vicarious liability – agency – partnership – appeal – liability only – bulldozer accident – loss of leg – credibility of witnesses – Kato bulldozer – Caterpillar bulldozer – whether second defendant was agent of first defendant firm – whether judge's findings of fact could be faulted – appeals dismissed – judgment affirmed
Legal issues: Vicarious liability of partnership for agent's negligence · Negligence of second defendant
Outcome: Appeals dismissed; judgment against both defendants affirmed.