HOSPITAL EXPENSES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 62, 6 December 1930, Page 8

HOSPITAL EXPENSES

Protection of the Board An indication that he intends to follow the course adopted by Mr. Justice Reed in regard to special damages awarded for hospital expenses was given by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. In asking counsel to give an undertaking that the amount awarded specifically for hospital expenses would be paid to the hospital board. His Honour said he was heartily in accord with the course taken by Mr. Justice Reed in a case recently. “I apprehend,” said His Honour, “that Mr .Justice Reed’s observations were intended to apply only to cases where special damages were awarded, those special ' damages including an amount to be paid to the hospital authorities. . , . There is no reflection whatever upon the plaintiff; it is only a precaution which, I agree with Mr. Justice Reed, the Court is justified in taking. . .”