NEGLIGENCE - Duty of care - Accident occurred in a school in which there were internal roads and pedestrian crossings - Maintenance contractor engaged by the school to paint pedestrian crossings - Plaintiff slipped and fell on a painted strip of a pedestrian crossing
NEGLIGENCE - Causation - The test under s 5D of the Civil Liability Act 2002 - Many potential causes of a slip and fall - Whether the plaintiff has established that the lack of slip resistance of the crossing caused her injury
DAMAGES - Assessment of damages for personal injury - The extent to which the plaintiff utilised her earning capacity prior to the accident - Difficulties with assessing future economic loss - Damages for loss of capacity to provide domestic services - Where plaintiff has a disabled child
Case Details
Citation[2011] NSWSC 292
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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