Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
South Africa decisions
Decisions matching the current search
Yimba v Road Accident Fund (44866/2017) [2019] ZAGPPHC 485 (19 September 2019)
High Court awarded the plaintiff R700,000 general damages after a motor vehicle accident causing brain injury, a fractured vertebra, and emotional trauma.
M v Road Accident Fund (44393/2012) [2017] ZAGPPHC 247 (24 May 2017)
General damages were awarded to a pedestrian injured in a collision, after the court compared his wasted, fixed-flexion right leg to prior serious injury cases.
Masemola v RAF (53419/2014) [2017] ZAGPPHC 1202 (3 April 2017)
High Court award of R850,000 general damages after a road accident, with costs limited to one trial day because of unnecessary argument over a neck injury.
Mpondo v Road Accident Fund (CA283/2011) [2011] ZAECGHC 24 (9 June 2011)
The court found that the trial judge misdirected himself by relying solely on Strydom v Road Accident Fund as a benchmark for general damages, thereby unduly fettering his discretion. The injuries and sequelae suffered by the appellant were more severe than those in Strydom and other comparable cases, including four hip operations, permanent facial disfigurement, ongoing pain, and significant disability. The court held that the award of R350,000.00 was inappropriate and that a higher amount was justified. The appeal was upheld, and the award for general damages was increased to R550,000.00.
Source excerpt
Explore more
