COMPENSATION CASE.
WORkER ALLOWED DAMACES, ’ *er Press Association.) YELLINGTON, March 31. In the Arbitration Court, Herbert D. Jamieson, waterside worker, < claimed compensation! from, the New Zealand Shipping Company as the result of an accident.. , , . . Plaintiff alleged that while working as a wharf labourer in May, 1928. in the emplovnient of the company, and when picking up a lanyard lie was struck in the sfiiall of the back by the ball of a crane, and again when lying down. He sustained permanent disability and had 'been totally incapacitated-. The company had paid £233 12s 4d, equal to sixty-eight weeks’ pay. Plaintiff claimed an additional amount and costs. Defendants denied permanent incapacity. The Court allowed £75 10s 4d, being half full compensation for nine months’ and £l2 12s expenses.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 145, 1 April 1930, Page 5
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127COMPENSATION CASE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 145, 1 April 1930, Page 5
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