CLAIM BY WIDOW
JURY AWARDS £2750
AGAINST HARBOUR BOARD
The action in which Mrs. Barbara Elizabeth Barnes (Mr. North and Mr. Simpson) claimed £4029 compensation against the Auckland Harbour Board (Mr. Hamer) and Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd. (Mr. Cocker and Mr. Goldstine), was concluded before Mr. Justice Callan and a jury yesterday, when the jury found in favour of plaintiff as against the Harbour Board.
Arising out of the death by accident of plaintiff's husband, a permanent employee of the Harbour Board, when he was engaged driving one of the board's mobile cranes to shift a cargo consignment on behalf of Booth, Macdonald and Co., the case involved the issue of who was the man's employer at the time of the accident.
After a retirement of four hours the jury returned replies to the issues finding negligence on the part of the Hai'bour Board and assessing damages at £2750 and £29 funeral expenses. Mr. Hamer was allowed 14 days in which to move for a new trial.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19430821.2.77
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 198, 21 August 1943, Page 6
Word Count
168CLAIM BY WIDOW Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 198, 21 August 1943, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in