FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Award of £958 to Carpenter
Leonard Philip Parker Double, carpenter, Petone, who was severely injured when a scaffold on which he was working at Petone collapsed, was awarded £958 damages and costs against his former employer, August Victor Swanson, contractor, by Mr. Justice Johnston at the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday. Mr. P. J. O’Regan represented Double. Mr. H. F. O'Leary, K.C., with him Mr. E. D. Blundell, appeared for Swanson. The claim was before the court recently, when it was adjourned to enable further evidence to be called.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 253, 22 July 1936, Page 13
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92FALL FROM SCAFFOLD Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 253, 22 July 1936, Page 13
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