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nominal defendant
Case notes tagged “nominal defendant”.
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- Litigation & law practice
Airport kerbside bang-up, lawyer’s damages cut
A lawyer struck by a minivan as he stepped off the kerb outside terminal two at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport in May 2008 has successfully withstood an appeal against a court ruling in his favour that awarded $328k damages for…
- Litigation & law practice
Patron neglects vehicle ID window in fast food drive-thru bump
The failure to even attempt to note the registration number of a vehicle, later claimed to be "unidentified", when clear opportunity existed was fatal to a claim for injuries against the Nominal Defendant.
- Litigation & law practice
Concrete truck for sure, but which one at fault in slurry spill?
The only description of a vehicle at fault for a motorcyclist brought down as he rounded a bend to join the Pacific Highway at Coomera was that is was a big cement truck.
- Litigation & law practice
Trucker beats suspicion in Nerang crash injury win
The insurer for an unidentified utility, unexpectedly stopped in the “slip lane”of the M1 Nerang-Broadbeach Rd exit, will pay $112k in injury compensation damages for a swerve-to-avoid accident in which a semi-trailer collided…
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