FACTORY ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 25

FACTORY ACCIDENT.

JUDGMENT FOR COMPANY.

CLAIM FOR WOMAN FAILS. & The case in which the Public Trustee, as administrator of the estate of Caroline Paula Meaney, claimed compensation from Thompson and Hills, Ltd., was concluded late yesterday afternoon in the Arbitration Court, when judgment was entered for the defendant company. Plaintiff claimed that Miss Meaney was permanently incapacitated as the result of being knocked down by a motor lorry in a right-of-way at the factory. The defence was that Miss Meaney's state or iiealtli and alleged nervous disorder was such that the accidtint, if it did anything, merely revealed an existing weakness. Mr. A. H. Johnstone, K.C., with hi,m Mr. Butler, represiented appellant, and Mr. Richmond appeared for respondent.

The defence called yesterday factory employees of the company, and also medical witnesses. Medical opinion was given that Miss Meanev's incapacity was due to an ailment which she exhibited long before, the accident.

The Court held that the accident played no real part in the progress of an ailment which Miss Meaney had, and that her incapacity was not due to the mishap. Judgment was delivered accordingly for the defendant, the question of costs being reserved.