Prasa ordered to pay Western Cape man over R6.4 million after he was pushed out of a moving train

PRASA ordered to pay Gugulethu man pushed from train R6.4 million

The Western Cape High Court has ordered the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to pay more than R6.4 million in damages to a Gugulethu man who was pushed from a moving Metrorail train and left permanently disabled. The ruling follows an incident in 2013 in which Aviwe Hopewell Tobi was forced from a moving carriage, suffering catastrophic injuries that changed his life permanently. Lost right leg below the knee In his judgment, Judge …

Prasa ordered to pay Western Cape man over R6.4 million after he was pushed out of a moving train

A Gugulethu man has been awarded R6.4 million by the Western Cape High Court, recognising the life-altering injuries he sustained after being pushed from a moving train in 2013.

Judgment orders PRASA to pay Gugulethu man R6.4m

The Western Cape High Court has ordered the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to pay R6.4 million after a Gugulethu man, Aviwe Hopewell Tobi, was pushed from a moving Metrorail carriage in 2013 and suffered life-changing injuries, reports Cape {town} Etc. According to Conviction, Judge Fareed Moosa said the court must avoid actuarial approaches that value poorer lives as shorter. He rejected PRASA’s proposed income-linked life tables…