A FRACTURED NOSE
Claim for Compensation Claiming that he had been totally incapacitated for 13 weeks as the resultof a fall In which he had fractured his nose, Albert Henry Townley, waterside worker, sought compensation from the Wellington Harbour Board in the Arbitration Court. . ■ Plaintiff said that he was employed; as a wharf labourer by the Harbour Board oh May 16, 1932, when he fell and fractured his nose, which struck a bundle of steel conduits.. As a result of the accident, he had been totallyincapacitated for a time. - He had been paid £3/1/7 a week compensation until July 1, but claimed compensation until August 15, after which be had returned to work. , The Harbour Board denied that he was incapacitated after the date of the last payment. After hearing evidence from plaintiff and medical witnesses, Mr. Justice Frazer said that- the court had had some trouble in reconciling Townley’s statements to the medical witnesses,but from "his demeanour in the box thecourt believed his story and gave judgment for 13 weeks’ compensation less the amounts already paid.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 6, 1 October 1932, Page 8
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177A FRACTURED NOSE Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 6, 1 October 1932, Page 8
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