LIFT WELL ACCIDENT.
QUESTION OP LIABILITY. FULL COURT TO DECIDE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Full Court is to-day considering the case of O'Connor v. Nelson, Moate, Ltd. In the Lower Court, O'Connor was awarded £1026 damages for injuries sustained by falling down a lift well in Wellington. Defendant moved for a nonsuit, or for judgment, or for a new trial, and plaintiff moved for judgment. These motions were removed into the Full Court. The questions for the Court were: What duty (if any) did Nelson, Moate owe to O'Connor, and what was the nature of the permission (if any) given to O'Connor in respect of the use of the lift. Mr. Skerrett (with Mr. O'Leary), who appears for the defendant company, contended that there was no legal nexus between plaintiff and defendant; and, further, that plaintiff, even if he had defendant's permission to use the lift, had permission to use it only in the natural and customary way, without negligence, which, it was alleged, he had not done. Mr. O'Regan appeared for plaintiff. Argument is proceeding.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 169, 18 July 1924, Page 4
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