WHARF WORKER'S CLAIM.
HEAVY DAMAGES AWARDED
RAILWAY DEPARTMENT TO PAY.
PRuI'LR LOOKOUT Xo'l K!.!'l
Henry Xaylor. a labourer c:r. ■.'. •■;■ by a tirm of shingle contractor-, v. awarded £»47 damages t!;.- R.i way Department in the Supreme i .•: yesterday. Whilst working on Kii: wharf ou August •>. lWti—exaitlv a -> ■■ ago—plaintiff \va.~ stnuk by the .•!;•! a plank which \va- run into bv a rai',« engine, and hi, thL'h wa- hr-'ken. Answering a nunilxr of que-iiMi:< ; by Stringer, the jury found tithe Railway Department, through servants, had been guilty of by failure to keep a proper look-',; failure to give adeqquate warning take adequate precaution*, and bv ,iv'. ing the engine at an excessive" -m<-. Plaintiff, however, bad lieen unlit v contributory negligence by bavin- : plank placed across the " line. "Hi awarded £600 general damage-, cii loss of wage?, and jCikJ 0/6 hospital , medical expense*.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 9
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141WHARF WORKER'S CLAIM. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 9
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