IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA
IN COMMON LAW
SUIT NO. C.L. 1993IM-140
BETWEEN MATTHEW McGOWAN PLAINTIFF 1
AND ERIC BLAKE DEFENDANT I
Dennis Forsythe instructed by Forsythe and Forsythe for the Plaintiff.
C -- Debbie Ann Robinson instructed by McGlashan, Robinson and Company
for the Defendant.
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Heard: January 3 1,2002 and August 2,2002. I
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JUDGMENT
I_. This action arises out of an accident which occurred on tl~e24 '
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November, 1991 in which the Plaintiff, aged sixty (60) years at that time,
suffered personal injuries and incurred loss and expense.
Both parties to this action were and had been good friends for a
number of years. On the day in question, the Plaintiff had chartered the
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Defendant's truck registered No. CC 725 Q to travel from Somerset in the