CYCLIST'S CLAIM.
£1175 DAMAGES AWARDED. SEQUEL TO PENROSE ACCIDENT. Damages totalling £2425 were claimed in the Supreme Court yesterday by Thomas Thomson, aged 40, a leading hand at the West field freezing works, against John Saunders Callinan, owner of a motor van, who, it was alleged, knocked plaintiff off his bicycle at Penrose on June 26. Thomson's right leg was badly broken, and he is still receiving hospital treatment. The jury was out for nearly four hours, and returned with a verdict that defendant's driver had been negligent, but' plaintiff had not been negligent. Damages amounting to £1175 were awarded, made up of £425 special damages and £750 general. Mr. Justice Smith granted stay of execution for 14 days to give defendant opportunity to move for a new trial.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 115, 17 May 1932, Page 5
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129CYCLIST'S CLAIM. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 115, 17 May 1932, Page 5
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