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White, Albert v Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Trescelian Williams & Attorney General
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA
CLAIM NO. C.L. 2000W159A
BETWEEN ALBERT WHITE CLAIMANT
AND OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT lSTD EFENDANT
AND TRESCELIAN WILLIAMS 2ND DEFENDANT
%;
AND ATTORNEY- GENERAL OF JAMAICA 3RD DEFENDANT
Mrs. Antoinette Haughton Cardenas instructed by Haughton and Associates
for the claimant.
Mr. Jerome Spencer instructed by the Director of State Proceedings
for the defendants.
Heard: March 6, 7, & 13, & July 31,2008
Negligence- Motor vehicle collision- ankle and shoulder injuries- defendants liable- assessment
of dumages-whether award should be made for handicap on the labour market- whether award
should be made for loss of overtime pay
C; McDONALD-BISHOP , J (Aa.)
1. I wish to take this opportunity to apologize for the delay in delivering this judgment
and to thank the parties for their patience.
2. On October 22, 1994, the claimant, Mr. Albert White, 44 years old, was riding his
Honda motor cycle along the Weymouth Drive main road, in the parish of St. Andrew when
he collided with a Lada motor car being driven by Mr. Trescelian Williams, the second