COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22081, 1 May 1937, Page 9

COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEE

MAN INJURED WHEN TRUCK LEAVES ROAD

When the tyre of a wood lorry in which he was riding blew out, Leslie Hill, a labourer, of Christchurch, was pinned in the cab of the lorry after it overturned. In the accident he suffered a dislocation of the right hip. and a fracture of the posterior rim of the hip joint. ... „.,, As a result of these injuries, Hitt claimed yesterday in the Court of Arbitration, that he had not been able to ao any work, and would be totally incapacitated from work for a long period, and would suffer a permanent partial incapacity for work. The lorry was owned by Leonard N. Hadfield. contractor, of Christchurch, by whom Hill was employed at the time of the accident. Hill had then been earning £3 a week, and had been given £3B as compensation for the injuries. Mr W. J. Hunter appeared for Hill, and Mr J. D. Hutchison for Hadfield. Hill claimed any further compensaiton or relief which the Court might consider him entitled to. The case was heard by Mr Justice Northcroft, who had associated with him Messrs A. L. Monteith (workers' representative) and W. Cecil Prime (employers' representative). After a short deliberation the Court returned, giving judgment that .compensation should be calculated on total incapacity for three months, at 50 per cent, of total incapacity for the next three months, and thereafter at 5 per cent, of the total incaoacitv for the rest of the period of liability.