Browsing: negligence law

Leslie Maker has won R2.88 million in damages after a fall on handrail free stairs at a police vehicle pound left him with lasting injuries and reduced income.

The High Court found that education authorities were not liable for the drowning of two Luhlasa High School learners, ruling that the tragedy was not reasonably foreseeable and that adequate precautions had been taken.

A High Court ruling shows why a Road Accident Fund claim can fail when negligence cannot be proven and evidence about the crash is inconsistent.

The High Court has ruled that the Road Accident Fund cannot be held liable where a vehicle is deliberately used as a weapon, finding that a tavern fight in Louis Trichardt escalated into an intentional attack rather than a road accident, leaving the injured man without compensation from the Fund.