Court orders $.2M for broken foot

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A Caroni contractor was ordered to pay a former employee a little over $.2 million for a broken foot. Damages were assessed by a Master of the High Court in labourer David Wilson’s lawsuit against his former boss Robin Bassant. Wilson, through his attorneys Yaseen Ahmed and Tara Lutchman, sued Bassant for compensation for a broken right foot, loss of earnings and medical bills.

Judgment was granted by Justice Carol Gobin in July 2015, and damages were to be assessed by a master. In her assessment, Master Marissa Robertson ordered that Wilson should be paid general damages of $100,000; loss of earnings of $97,500; and $3,430 for transport costs and doctor visits.Interests and costs were also ordered to be paid by Bassant.

In his lawsuit, Wilson, 61, said he was at a construction site with Bassant on April 4, 2011, in Maracas, St Joseph, when he and another worker were instructed to move some concrete blocks from one part of the property to another. The blocks were loaded onto Bassant’s pickup and they made two trips before the mishap took place.

On the third trip, Wilson said the van, which had an additional load of 15 lengths of steel, including the blocks, began to roll down a hill. He said he and the other man standing on the tray of the pickup had to jump out. He broke his right foot.

Bassant, in defence of the lawsuit, said Wilson was not forced to jump but chose to do so after the van had already rolled down some 20 feet, and was to blame for his own injury.