Go ordered to pay €15,725 to one of its technicians
Go plc was today ordered to pay more than €15,000 to one of its technicians, who had been injured in an accident at the Sliema Exchange in July 1991.
At the time of the accident the company was named Telemalta.
Carmelo Ciantar filed his action for damages in the First Hall of the Civil Court before Mr Justice Philip Sciberras.
He told the court that in July 1991 he was employed with the company as a technician and had been instructed to assist a number of his co-workers to dismantle the trunking system of the air conditioning units installed at the Go exchange in Sliema.
Before the works could commence the trunking had collapsed on to Mr Ciantar and he had suffered a permanent disability.
In today’s judgment the court declared that it had no doubt that Mr Ciantar was not responsible for the accident or for the injuries sustained as he and his fellow co-workers had not even started their dismantling works when the trunking collapsed.
The court found Go liable in damages and ordered the company to pay Mr Ciantar €15,725 in damages.
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D. Sacco
Oct 7th 2010, 07:44
19 years! Imagine the hassle and agony this man went through waiting all this time in the corridors of court. Shame on all parliamentarians! And shame on GO too! Employees incurring permanent disabilities at work should be awarded compensation outright. A law should be enacted obliging companies to prefix certain sums of money, according to the entity of the permanent injury, to be paid instantly to employees. But above all SAFETY REGULATIONS should be enforced anywhere and all the time. This little island is sick of witnessing disastrous events that could easily have been avoided.
R. Gauci
Oct 7th 2010, 01:04
€15,725 is laughing stock, in other words this poor worker was awarded €828 (Lm355) for each year since this accident happened. I hope he was able to find another job regardless of the disability caused by this accident as I doubt he would have been able to feed his family with such money.
Paul Galea
Oct 6th 2010, 23:53
Is there a reason for leaving the delivery of the sentence for the retirement day? Would an extension in the retirement age of the judge have affected the delivery of the sentence by the lenght of he extension for retirement?
Emanuel camilleri
Oct 6th 2010, 22:22
19 il sena biex jaqtaw sentenza pero meta jkun se jirtira Magistrat jew Imhallef fl'ahhar gurnata jaqta sentenzi li tajja isemmihom.Dik efficjenza .
Tom Camilleri
Oct 6th 2010, 21:00
Seriously,has this been in the courts since 1991???
Paul A Vella
Oct 6th 2010, 19:40
Amazing but shocking at the same time...19 years for a sentence!!!
Is this the progress we were expecting due to the revision in the courts of justice? Excuse the small type for the name, but cannot bring myself to put them in capitals, so absurd!!!
No wonder crime and injustice carry on in this fair land of ours!!
Wonder what the minister has to say about this!
M. Mizzi
Oct 7th 2010, 06:53
Certainly not a case put on the fast track at the Gozo Court......
D Vella
Oct 6th 2010, 19:08
Justice delayed is justice denied. Is there no explanation for the delay and if not,why not?.
oliver mallia
Oct 6th 2010, 18:33
Dear all. In my opinion, when mentioning court is like mentioning hell. I am sorry for my wrong calculations. The minister and the Court Management never pointed for a reform, shame on them all. 19 years man coming and going, deferita, l-avukat ma jiflahx, tlett xuhur ohra and 19years had passed. Once Dr Joseph Muscat had point out how a court case takes era to be concluded, also Peppi Azzopardi had promised the public a program regard this issue.
R.Gauci
Oct 6th 2010, 18:26
19 il -sena biex tinqata kawza!! Tilhaq mhux tmut bil-guh jekk ma jkollox xi haga mwarba !!
Ara jappellawx is-sentenza ukoll
R Saliba
Oct 6th 2010, 19:07
Kif ikkonkludejt li Mr. Ciantar ma hadimx iktar?
T Camilleri
Oct 6th 2010, 17:59
HAs the company been ordered to pay interest as from when the employee was injured since he should have been compensated forthwith and not have to wait for 19 years and losing the interests on the money?
R Saliba
Oct 6th 2010, 19:06
interest?? where do you come up with such comments? clearly you are not a lawyer because judging by your reasoning the technician should have been paid in maltese currency and not euros.
T Camilleri
Oct 6th 2010, 21:18
R Saliba It is standard practice to demand and be given interest on lost income and this is lost income for the worker who should have been compensated 19 years ago. Ask lawyers and they will tell you Saliba. Regarding your Malta Liri and Euro comparison no comment as I don't want to insult certain people. adrian agius how about requesting the court to issue a warrant of seizure to make good for their money which GO owes them?
T Camilleri
Oct 7th 2010, 11:09
R Saliba perhaps it is you who should consult a lawyer and see what they tell you.
adrian agius
Oct 6th 2010, 17:55
Go PLC have a great way to show appreciation to it's ex-employees. Ex Cable and Wireless employees are still waiting for their pension nearly 30 years after it was due to them. They won the case, the appeal and Go still hasn't paid.
SHAME ON THEM !!!!!!!!!
James Scicluna
Oct 6th 2010, 17:46
19 years. And Chris Said, Parliamentary Secretary .... proceeding alreay in progress ....in a few days.
Carmel Garcia
Oct 7th 2010, 08:52
Hlief kulur politiku ma tarawx. Il-kazi huma ghal kollox differenti Sur Scicluna. Iddahhalx politika,kif ahna morda ahna l-maltin b'din il-madoffi politika go din il-bicca gzira.
M. Galea
Oct 6th 2010, 17:42
And he did not get so much after that, either.
R.Borg
Oct 6th 2010, 17:16
Ahjar mix-xejn, OM.
Better late than never!
martin saliba
Oct 6th 2010, 18:06
ma kotx tajd hekk kieku kien zewgeg u kellek it tfal xtitma u tibat l ' skola. Jew forsi int xi hadd li tideendi li hadd iehor fuq kollox ?
Oliver Mallia
Oct 6th 2010, 17:12
9 YEARS AFTER, the court found Go liable in damages and ordered the company to pay Mr Ciantar €15,725 in damages. Kedda ta disa snin, ghal Lm6,000, haq karozza normali !
Deo Catania
Oct 6th 2010, 17:27
19yrs not 9.
M Azzopardi
Oct 6th 2010, 17:28
I think you got it wrong! It's 19 YEARS!
Stefan Farrugia
Oct 6th 2010, 17:31
Allow me to make some corrections... that it has been 19years not 9 years!
Brin Maloret
Oct 6th 2010, 17:31
The accident happened in 1991 which is 19 years ago.
G Falzon
Oct 6th 2010, 17:35
@ Oliver Mallia
Disa' snin? You should make your calculations well. Since 1991, it adds up to 19 (nineteen) and not 9 (nine) years!
Christopher Mamo
Oct 6th 2010, 17:47
same gist, worse scenario.