ACCIDENT APPEAL
Judge Offers Explanation
An accident in which an articulated truck skidded into a van about to turn on to the Main North road near Cheviot from a driveway was inexplicable, submitted Mr G. F. Rea during an appeal in the Supreme Court yesterday. “I can offer an explanation -—but it doesn’t help your client,” said Mr Justice Wilson. “The driver of the truck didn’t see the other vehicle when he should have. He suddenly woke up, found it was there, and proceeded to take panic measures, which were not necessary.” Instead of steering clear of the van, as should have been done, the truck driver had braked, said his Honour, and skidded on the frosty road, with the result that the truck crashed into the rear of the van, badly damaging it. His Honour dismissed the appeal, by E. H. Boyce, Ltd., cartage contractor (Mr Rea), against a magistrate’s decision awarding £372 damages to Julius Alexander Louwinger, a carpenter (Mr R. L. Kerr), as the cost of repairs to his van.
Mt Rea had submitted that the magistrate was wrong in fact and law in finding the company negligent and absolving Louwinger from all blame. But without calling on Mr Kerr, his Honour ruled otherwise.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31017, 24 March 1966, Page 10
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