£2,500 DAMAGES AWARDED
WHARF LABOURER V. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY.
Dy Teleffranh-Tress Association. . Christchurch, September 7. •Uter a four days' hearing m the Cliristchurch Siip3;me Court, .the case in which David John,. Miller, wharf labourer, of Lyttelton. claimed from the Union Steam Ship- Company, of J«ew Zealand the sura of .£2500 as general damages an.l 10s. as sp- 3^ l .^™ l, and hospital expenses-to-the date of .the issue of the writ for - injuries received, as the result of-an accident susta ned on the steamship Tarawera .Lyttelton on the night.of January 1- last, was concluded > yesterday, afternoon. Ihe jury returned a verdict for.lhe full amount clajmed, but judgment was not enteral up pending argument- of important legal points raised.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19170908.2.29
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3185, 8 September 1917, Page 6
Word Count
118£2,500 DAMAGES AWARDED Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3185, 8 September 1917, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in