David Law vs ETSA (Angelo Contibas & William Harrod)

admin | Apr 01, 2010 | Comments 1

David Law was formerly an employee of ETSA Torrens Island Power Station (now run by AGL). In court, he alleged that as a result of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from the power lines and other high voltage equipment (eg transformers), his life was ruined by the causation of chronic insomnia (inability to sleep) due to the 275000V power lines. The issue is the disease is not a direct causation, and does not always necessarily follow. This may also be due to the fact ETSA employees are usually blue-collar workers and generally get drunk on alcohol after work. David Law also accuses Angelo Contibas and William Harrod (his team leaders) of both civil and criminal harassment, abuse, and threats. He was coerced to work under high-voltage power lines, whilst Angelo Contibas, for instance, stood backwards and watched (there is some evidence he may have suspected the effects of electromagnetic radiation). Other team members include Ray Pniewski, and William Harrod, who were just as negligent by standing back. As a result of duty of care, and operation of CURRENT tortious law and the Worker’s Liability Act (workcover), ETSA should have compensated David Law by almost $2.5m. Instead, they compensated him by $4995 because workcover was not in operation, and because David Law now suffers from a mental illness as a result of etsa’s actions. ETSA is the Electricity Trust of South Australia, now a privatized company. The real fault lies in the SA Government’s fault, almost …