DAMAGES AWARDED
General damages of £lOO and special damages of £l4O/10/6 were awarded by a jury of four in the Supreme Court, Wellington, before tlie Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) yesterday afternoon to Basil Robert Blackball, garage hand and painter, in a claim against the Fletcher Construction Co., Ltd., for damages for injuries received iu Taranaki Street, Wellington, on July 26, 1939, when he was slrticK by a motorlorry owned by the defendani company.
The sum claimed by pl ain tiff wirs £3OO. He was represented by Dr. O. C. Mazengarb and defendant company by Mr. W. E. Leicester.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 121, 15 February 1941, Page 8
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99DAMAGES AWARDED Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 121, 15 February 1941, Page 8
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