Vanura Lee v Petroleum Co. Of. Ja. Ltd. & Juici Beef Ltd

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OFJAMAICA

SUIT NO. 2003/HCV15 17

BETWEEN VANURA LEE CLAIMANT

A N D

A N D

PETROLEUM CO. OF JA. 1 ST DEFENDANT

LTD.

JUICI BEEF LIMITED 2ND DEFENDANT

Mr. Reitzin for Claimant instructed by Reitzin & Hernandez.

Miss Christine Hudson instructed by Churchill, Neita and Company for

1" Defendant.

Heard: 1" December, 3rd December, and 1 6D~ece~m ber, 2004

Straw, J. (Ag.)

The Claimant, Vanura Lee is twenty four years old. She left high

school at age seventeen with two Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C)

subjects, Maths and English. She did a course in cosmetology at Success

School of Beauty after leaving school and worked for a period of eleven

months at M and M Beauty Salon. She then commenced working at Juici

Beef Limited. On the 13" May, 2002, while at her place of employment, she

was badly burnt by the explosion of a gas cylinder caused by the negligence

of the 1 defendant's employees.