Damages Of $15,189
(N.Z. Press Association) DUNEDIN, August 18. Ronald Andrew Carter, a 37-year-old freezing worker, was awarded $15,189 by a jury in the Dunedin Supreme Court on Friday in a claim for damages against the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd. The sum included $14,000 general damages and $llB9 special damages and medical expenses. The jury gave its decision after deliberating for three hours and a half, after which Mr Justice Henry entered judgment for the plaintiff. The claim arose from an accident at the Burnside freezing works, on May 31, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31762, 20 August 1968, Page 19
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