1. ) RAZLEEN BINTI AWANG (Menuntut sebagai balu yang sah kepada Mohd Amin Bin Ibrahim (simati), untuk gantirugi kesedihan, kehilangan tanggungan dan kerugian perbelanjaan di bawah Seksyen 7 Akta Undang-Undang Sibil 1956 (Pindaan) 2. ) XXXX v 1. ) ROADCARE (M) SDN BHD 2. ) Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia 4. ) PENGARAH JABATAN KERJA RAYA NEGERI TERENGGANU
Catchwords
Tort – Negligence – Duty of care – Road accident – Tree falling onto federal road – Whether public works department and government liable for failing to maintain or remove dangerous tree within federal road reserve – Whether local authority's statutory powers to trim trees displace federal landowner's common law duty of care – Whether doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applicable Tort – Negligence – Res ipsa loquitur – Conditions for application – Tree under exclusive control of defendant authority – Accident of kind not occurring without negligence – Burden of proof shifting to defendant – Failure to provide exculpatory evidence – Inference of negligence drawn Civil Procedure – Res judicata – Issue estoppel – Prior striking out of local authority on ground tree located on federal land – Whether JKR and government estopped from arguing local authority was responsible – Effect of final judicial determination on same issue Tort – Negligence – Concessionaire – Privatisation agreement – Express exclusion of landscaping works from scope of duties – Whether concessionaire liable for tree maintenance – Contractual duties not extending to third party road users Damages – Assessment – Personal injury and fatal accident – Quantum – Special damages – General damages for pain and suffering – Loss of dependency – Bereavement – Multiplicand and multiplier – Whether assessment by Sessions Court Judge fair and reasonable Evidence – Burden of proof – Balance of probabilities – Failure to call expert witness (arborist) – Whether adverse inference drawn – Effect where res ipsa loquitur applies
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Parties (5)
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia Respondent Kerajaan Malaysia Respondent PENGARAH JABATAN KERJA RAYA NEGERI TERENGGANU Respondent ROADCARE Sdn Bhd Respondent Razleen binti Awang, Untuk Gantirugi Kesedihan, Kehilangan Tanggungan Dan Kerugian Perbelanjaan Di Bawah Seksyen 7 Akta Undang-undang Sibil 1956 Appellant
Judgment
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