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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13710037 CIVIL JURISDICTION}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13710037\charrsid13710037 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5773031\charrsid5773031 d/o Ram Lochan
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5773031 R.I. Kapadia for the plaintiff
\par Keil for 1st and 2nd defendants
\par Jamnadas for 3rd defendant
\par 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5001185 This claim arises as a result of a road accident which happened on the 11th June 1974 when a general omnibus owned by the first defendant and driven by the second defendant 
was in collision with a cargo truck owned and driven by the third defendant. At}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid89405  the time the plaintiff, a schoo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5001185 
l girl aged about 15 years, was a fare-paying passenger in the bus and in the collision she suffered severe injuries to her right arm and particularly the elbow joint. On the 8th May 1978 judgment by consent was entered for the plaintiff against }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15149776 the defendants, the liability of the first and second defendants being fixed at 60% and that of the third defendant at 40%. It was further ordered that jud
gment be entered for the plaintiff for the sum of $100 special damages and that general damages be assessed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court together with costs to the plaintiff in the same proportions as mentioned above. It was further ordered
 
that the special and general damages be paid to the Public Trustee of Fiji and that after payment of legal costs and a sum of $100 special damages to the father of the plaintiff the balance be held by the Public Trustee in trust for the plaintiff for her 
education and advancement until she attains the age of 21 years.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5773031 
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\par At the hearin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14052414 g before m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9445376 e on }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15077669 the 7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3487736 th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15077669  June 1978 the plaintiff and the defendants were represented by counsel. Three agreed medical reports were put in by consent (Exhibits A,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5588951  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15077669 B and C) as was a certified copy birth certificate (Ex. D).
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4208617 
\par The agreed medical reports read as follows:-
\par 
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\par IP. No. 25487/74
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4208617\charrsid5588951 COLONIAL WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL REPORT
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\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4208617 1st July, 1976.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1791421 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12261539 Nirmala Wati d/o Ram Locha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1791421 n,
\par Indian, female, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888\charrsid15016888 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6512752\charrsid15016888 st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918 15 yrs.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1791421 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918 P/A: Toko, Tavua.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1791421 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918 She was admitted here on 11.6.74 following the injuries she sustained. These were the extensive so
ft tissues disruption at the back and inner aspect of her right elbow, with bad fragmented fracture of the lower shaft of her rt. Humerus extending into her right elbow joint. The intra-articular structures were completely disrupted.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1791421 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918 The above mentioned injuries were appropriately att}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888 ended in the operating theatre -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918  cleaned, bleeders controlled, ruptur}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12261539 
ed tissues sutured and bone fra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918 gments aligned by suturing. The arm was then immobilised in P.O.P.
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1984503 hylactic sera for tetanus and gas gangrene.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15299918 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1791421 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1984503 She was allowed home on 26.6.74 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9059908 
to be followed up at the outpatient fracture clinic.
\par 
\par She was re-admitted on 24.7.74 for manipulation of her stiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1984503  Rt. Elbow under general anaesthetic, and was discharged again on 26.7.74.
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When reviewed on 30.6.76 her Rt. Elbow is ankylosed (fixed and stiff) in a position of 80 degrees flexion. The joint movement is completely lost. Her fracture has well united and strong.
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\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1984503 Sgd. E. Vudiniabola
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1984503\charrsid15016888 CONSULTANT SURGEON}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4803038\charrsid15016888 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4803038 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4803038 Messrs R.I. Kapadia & Co.,
\par Barristers & Solicitors,
\par G.P.O. Box 672,
\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4803038\charrsid5980245 SUVA}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4803038 .
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888 B.
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\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888 C/ - Surgery}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4803038 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10161290 74 Cumming Street
\par SUVA
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\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10161290 23 November 1977.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4803038 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15878125 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15878125 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15878125 Messrs Robert Mitchell & Associates,
\par Barristers & Solicitors,
\par P.O. Box 1056,
\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15878125\charrsid5980245 SUVA}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15878125 .
\par 
\par Dear Sirs,
\par 
\par re }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15878125\charrsid6626773 NIRMALA d/o Ram Lochan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15878125\charrsid4208617 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5980245 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 I refer to your letter reference 7380/ir to Kapadia & Co. }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12261539 Barristers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245  & Solicitors (the latter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 
s refer}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6626773 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 nce 0860QK/89G.K/}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid212166 ir }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 
dated 15.8.77).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5773031 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5980245 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 Following your request I carried out the examination of Nirmala d/o Ram Lochan }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 Indian female, approx. 15 years old of Toko Tavua. On examination I found this patient}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
s right elbow joint movement is completely lost. Right elbow is anchylosed (i.e. fixed and stiff) in a position of 80 degrees flexion.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5980245 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888 There is obvious deformity -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307  swelling of right 
elbow joint indicating well healed fracture.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5980245 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
I confirm the Medical Report given by E. Vudiniabola Consultant Surgeon dated 1.7.76 (ref CWM 12/11 IP No. 25487/74) and estimate her permanent residual incapacity to the extent of 35%.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 Yours faithfully,
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 Sgd. Dr. Rajendra Tarak}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6889307 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888 C.
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15016888 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6626773 The J.P. Bayly Clinic}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307 
\par Box 417, G.P.O.,
\par Suva, Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6889307 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15016888 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 30.5.78
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6889307 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7088856 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180\charrsid6626773 Medical Certificate
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7680180 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 Re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856  }{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180\charrsid6626773 Nirmala Wati d/o Ram Lochan}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6889307\charrsid7088856 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7680180 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 As requested I have examined Nirmala Wati.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7680180 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
She complains that she cannot shift her arm at the elbow. She cannot do the washing. She cannot comb her hair. She cannot write. She cannot pull the bucket from the well. She has no pain.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14751071 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7680180 On examination there is irregular scarring about the R elbow. There is no}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid543526  movement at all in the R elbow and there is some wasting of the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9644068 R }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid543526 
arm. The joint is fixed at about 130 degrees which is about the optimum position if it must be fixed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14751071 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid543526 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14751071 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid543526 Her background is life on a farm and a fixed R elbow in a Right handed person would be a great}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638  handicap and would incidentally reduce her prospects of marriage.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid543526 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14751071 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 
Under the Schedule to the Workmens Compensation Ordinance 1964 the loss of the arm at the elbow rates at 70% of incapacity and the loss of the hand at the writs rates at 60%.
 As against these figures it should be noted that the restoration of flexion at the elbow is possible but difficult and it presupposes very sophisticated surgical techniques not routinely available in Fiji.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14751071 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 Considering all factors involved I would place her percentage of incapacity at 45 percentum.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7088856 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 Sgd. George R. Hemming
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7088856 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7088856 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 30.5.78"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6317638 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638\charrsid7680180 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid543526 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638\charrsid1057381 
These reports are detailed and explicit; the surgeon and the two doctors are in complete agreement on the vital issue of the residual loss of amenity namely the ankylosis of the plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6317638\charrsid1057381 s right elbow. In this regard I note the observation by Dr. Hemming where he states}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5980245 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6823486 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7088856 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6823486 \'85\'85\'85
 the restoration of flexion at the elbow is possible but difficult and it pre-supposes very sophisticated surgical techniques not routinely available in Fiji}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6823486 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid543526 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6823486 
\par The plaintiff and her father gave evidence which confirmed the matters referred to in paragraph 10 of the statement of claim. However, it transpired that the plaintiff is right handed and this will aggravate the plaintiff}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6823486 s incapacity.
\par 
\par Two other witnesses were called for the plaintiff but their evidence was, in effect, confined to her diminished prospects of marriage by reason of her disability.
\par 
\par All three Counsel addressed me briefly and I was referred to certain decided cases which I have perused.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845\charrsid15352811 
Turning now to the actual assessment of damages; as stated earlier judgment has already been entered for the plaintiff in the sum of $100 and it follows that I am only concerned with general damages which will be for pain and suffering and loss of ameniti
es.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845 
\par 
\par In the circumstances of this case it seems to me that there should be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15352811 separate }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845 
awards in respect of pain and suffering, which were endured over a period of some six weeks, and loss of amenity, which may well be life long. From the very nature of the in
juries it is clear that the plaintiff, who was then 15 years old, must have experienced severe pain at the time of the accident and considerable discomfort until her final discharge from hospital; under this hea}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15352811 d I award the sum of $1000.00.
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1057381 C}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845 ompensation for loss of amenity is a different matter, and I quote Edmund Davies L. J. in }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845\charrsid5659533 Towell v. Davidson & Co. Ltd}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15474845  1971 C. A. 1971
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6706857 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15352811 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6706857 
The final result is a most unfortunate one in a man still under 40 years of age. He goes about the place with a manifest injury, in
 the sense that there is the locking of the left arm in this position of 120 degrees. One must not make too much of his evidence about interference with such hobbies as swimming and fishing; but in many human activities}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12261539  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6706857 - the simple act of dressing, bathin
g himself, and trying to play a ball game with his three children: he cannot catch a ball; he can bowl, but if he wants two hands, as most people do when they catch a ball, he could not do it}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12261539  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6706857 - in a number of such not unimportant ways this is a patently and substantially disabled man}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6706857 .

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid543526 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475 
\par Such is the plight of the plaintiff in the present case; through no fault of her own she is a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475 patently and substantially}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475  disabled young woman, probably for life; and she is not yet 20 years of age.
\par 
\par From what has gone befo
re in this assessment and particularly the contents and implications of the three agreed medical reports it is clear, in my view, that damages must be moderately heavy. In a case such as this it is most difficult to assess a sum of money as compensation f
or a physical injury which will have lasting and possibly permanent effects upon a persons life, especially when there is no }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475 datum line}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475  from which to calculate reasonably certain figures e.g. loss of past and future earnings. However, bearing in mind all 
the circumstances, I consider that damages for loss of amenities (including diminished prospects of marriage and physical disfigurement) would be properly reflected in the sum of $9000.00.
\par 
\par It follows that the total damages assessed amount to $10,000.00 the liability if the 1st and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475\charrsid8211475 2}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5144129 nd }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475\charrsid8211475 Defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7418251 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8797633 being fixed }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475 at }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8797633 60% and that of the 3rd Defendant at }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475 
40% together with costs to the Plaintiff in the same proportions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5144129  Special and general damages to be paid to the Public Trustee of Fiji and that after payment of
 legal costs and a sum of $100.00 to the father of the plaintiff the balance be held by the Public Trustee in trust for the plaintiff for her education and advancement until she attains the age of 21 years.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8211475 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5144129 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5144129 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5144129\charrsid5144129 Sgd. (V. H. Vivian)
\par CHIEF REGISTRAR
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9655279 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7088856 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5144129\charrsid5144129 4.7.78}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5773031 
\par }}