21 Feb 2017
MOHAMMAD AMJAD v. JOHN M PICKAVANT & CO
- Citation
- MOHAMMAD AMJAD v. JOHN M PICKAVANT & CO
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV268/2013
The Court dismissed the appeal: the trial judge was entitled to find no contributory negligence, was entitled to reject that dismissal would have occurred irrespective of the accident, and acted within permissible evaluative bounds in assessing past and future loss of earnings (including use of Employee's Compensation material and percentage expressions as outcomes of assessment); the damages awards were within the available range.
- Contributory negligence
- Causation and loss
- Assessment of loss of earnings
- Use of employee's compensation findings in common law claims
- Dismissal for alleged dishonesty