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Article: NSW: Man loses bid to sue RSL over bus bashing
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2003
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NSW: Man loses bid to sue RSL over bus bashing
By Kylie Williams
SYDNEY, June 4 AAP - A man today lost his bid to sue a south-west
Sydney RSL club after
he was bashed by a drunken passenger on a courtesy bus as he travelled
home.
Paul Cross, 31, unsuccessfully attempted to sue Canley Heights
RSL Club in the NSW
District Court after he was bashed on its courtesy bus on May 9, 1999.
Mr Cross and his then girlfriend Helen Barron caught the bus home
about 12.30am after
spending about five-and-a-half hours at the club.
Soon after boarding the bus Mr Cross said he noticed two men get
on carrying stubbies
of beer and appearing very drunk.
But two other ...