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Judgment date
Case number
S107/2009
S108/2009
Before
French CJ, Gummow, Heydon, Crennan, Bell JJ
Catchwords
Aviation – Liability for damage caused by aircraft - Crop dusting aircraft collided with conductor in cotton field - Electrical linesman dispatched to repair conductor tripped or fell near it - Injury occurring after electric arc - Whether injury "caused by ... something that is a result of an impact" with an aircraft in flight - Damage by Aircraft Act 1999 (Cth), s 10(1).
Words and phrases – "something", "caused by".
Damage by Aircraft Act 1999 (Cth) – ss 10(1), 11.