DAMAGES AWARDED
# MAN KNOCKED DOWN BY LORRY *$»OOUT10» rtLICJJUH.) WELLINGTON, Mav 10., Damages amounting to £349 I3s were awarded by a jury in the Supreme Court to Charles Reilly, a waterside worker, who claimed £1046 f'om the Napier-Wellington Transport Company, Ltd. Reilly was knocked down by one of the company's lorries as he was crossing a street. The jury found that the plaintiff and the defendant company':; lorry-driver had both failed to keep a proper look-out; but the driver of the lorry had the greater responsibility.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21470, 11 May 1935, Page 11
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86DAMAGES AWARDED Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21470, 11 May 1935, Page 11
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