Supreme Court · 8 October 1974

Attorney-General v Kapwepwe (S.C.Z. Judgment 37 of 1974) [1974] ZMSC 23 (8 October 1974)

Plaintiff may sue successive tortfeasors but aggregate recoveries are limited; exemplary damages punitive and reduced against State. Flynote Tort — Joint tortfeasors and successive actions; Law Reform Act s.9(1) — aggregate recovery limits and costs risk; Defamation Act s.12 — mitigation by prior recoveries; Exemplary damages — punitive nature, not offsettable; assessment of damages — local conditions and appellate restraint; state defendant — exemplary award to deter and induce discipline Read full summary

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