FARM WORKER'S INJURY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 173, 24 July 1930, Page 11

FARM WORKER'S INJURY.

WIDOW'S CLAIM TAILS.

DEVELOPMENT OP CANCER.

The consideration of any case in ■which cancer was involved, had to be approached with a considerable amount of reserve, said Ifr. Justice Prazer in the Arbitration Court yesterday afternoon in granting an application for a nonsuit in the case in which Prances Jeffs (Mr. Bagnall) was claiming compensation from William Thomas, retired farmer, of Mount Albert (Mr. Leary), in respect to the death of her husband. It was alleged by plaintiff that cancer, which, caused her husband's death, was brought about by an injury to his hand when he struck a cow in the course of his employment. The defence was that if Jeffs did develop cancer It was not due to any accident that occurred during his employment by the defendant. After hearing medical evidence, his Honor remarked that the degree of knowledge the medical profession had so far attained about cancer was very indefinite and very largely speculative. The medical evidence for the plaintiff fell far short of the degree of proof required by the Court. The Court could not conjecture, but must confine itself to drawing legitimate inferences from proved or admitted facts.