A taxi driver has been awarded $1.5 million in damages after being exposed to a carbon monoxide leak.
After 8 years Muhammad Salman Shahid’s court case with Capital City Taxis has come to an end. Mr Shahid suffered a heart attack, hypoxia and an acquired brain injury as a result of what the court has deemed as negligence.
This was one day after another taxi driver died in the same vehicle. Maurice Blackburn senior associate Patricia McMullan says the money does not undo the harm, however it provides comfort of financial security to her client and his family.