ACTION EOR INJURY.
'By Telegraph.—Press Association.! .VELLIXGTOX*, this day. _a the Supreme Court, William Robert Thompson, labourer, claimed £1000 damages from the Hansford and Mills Construction Company for injuries sustained on the 7th of November, 1921.
Plaintiff alleges he was employed on the new Parliamentary buildings ; that while he was dismantling a large band crane the mast of a smaller crane slipped, fractured his ankle and totally disabled him. He alleged that he would be totally disabled indefinitely and one leg permanently shortened. Compensation under the Act was being paid, but he considered it inadequate. The defence admitted the manner of the injury, but denied that the circumstances justified the claim, and alleged that plaintiff had by his conduct waived all right to claim at common law.
The case is proceeding.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 281, 27 November 1922, Page 3
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131ACTION EOR INJURY. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 281, 27 November 1922, Page 3
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