CLAIM FOR £1703

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29791, 6 April 1962, Page 16

CLAIM FOR £1703

Boy Injured In Collision

A youth who was injured in a motor accident in 1959 claimed £1412 general,damages and £291 14s special damages in the Supreme Court yesterday. The youth, Brian McCausland (Mr B. G. Dingwall), aged 15, was 12 ait the time of the accident, which occurred at the intersection of Connal street and Garlands road on October 15, 1959. McCausland Was tlie pillion passenger on a motor-cycle which collided with a car driven by J. P. Davies (Mr R. P. Thompson). Davies admitted liability, and the only question before the jury is the amount of damages to be awarded. Mr Dingwall said that McCausland’s left thighbone was broken in the accident and a cartilege in the right knee was injured. The broken thighbone did not mend at first, and surgeons had to insert a metal strip to make a bond. Although the wound had healed, McCausland’s leg was now' stiff, and he could not play strenuous sports. He suffered pain on occasions.

McCausland began work at a factory this year, and was erning a net weekly wage of £l4. He planned to become an apprentice motor mechanic when an apprenticeship became available. McCausland said in evidence that he did a fair day's work at the factory, but be found it hard because of his leg. If he knocked his leg it caused great, pain, and he was not prepared to risk playing football.

To Mr Thompson, McCausland said he had played no sport since his accident, and there was no sport except swimming which he was prepared to try.

McCausland's father, Trevor Stanley McCausland, gave evidence of his son’s interest in sport—.particularly soccer and cycling—before his accident.

i Mr Justice Macarthur adjourned the hearing to today.