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Delict [2005] ZASCA 65

Road Accident Fund v Mtati (332/2004)

Road Accident Fund v Mtati (332/2004) [2005] ZASCA 65; [2005] 3 All SA 340 (SCA); 2005 (6) SA 215 (SCA) (1 June 2005)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
332/04
Judges
MPATI, ZULMAN, FARLAM, VAN HEERDEN, JAFTA

The court held that a child born alive with injuries linked to a prenatal motor accident may claim under Article 40 and rejected the special plea.

  • Nasciturus Fiction
  • Pre Natal Injury
  • Motor Vehicle Accident
  • Compensation For Injury
  • Duty Of Care
  • Delict
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Labour Law [2002] ZAWCHC 76

Mouton v Compensation Commission (A38/2002)

Mouton v Compensation Commission (A38/2002) [2002] ZAWCHC 76 (30 August 2002)

Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
A38/2002
Judges
Traverso, McDougall

The High Court held that a prison employee’s psychiatric condition could qualify as an occupational disease under the Act, and sent the matter back for assessment of compensation.

  • Occupational Diseases
  • Compensation For Injury
  • Interpretation Of Statute
  • Scope Of Employment
  • Occupational-diseases
  • Workers-compensation
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