James Foong J:

The plaintiff's claim against the defendants is for damages suffered by him as a result of a motor accident. The plaintiff alleged that on 10 May 1992 at about 2 a.m., he was riding his motorcycle bearing registration No. ABA 9959 along the Federal Highway from the direction of Kuala Lumpur towards Kelang. He exited from his motorcycle lane onto the bridge leading to the flyover which crosses over to Sungei Way town. At the top of this bridge which accommodated 3 traffic lanes was a traffic light which at that material time indicated red. The plaintiff then proceeded towards the farthest most traffic lane with the intention of making a U-turn after the traffic light. While he was on the farthest most lane, the 2nd defendant's car driven by the 1st defendant cut into his path thereby causing him to collide into the far right side of the defendants' car. The impact of this collision flung the plaintiff forward sending him crashing into the rear windscreen of a front car.

Due to this accident, the plaintiff sustained severe injuries which I shall refer to later.

The defendants were absent throughout the trial but, their Counsel were present and participated i