COMPENSATION CASES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 64, 12 September 1912, Page 8

COMPENSATION CASES

ACCIDENT AT A FLAXMILL. Jolin Dalzell claimed to recover compensation from Craw Bros., flaxmillers, of Tokomaru. In his statement of claim plaintiff said that, while in the employ of defendants on 19th November, 1911, he met with an accident which rendered his right hand .useless and caused him to lose one finger of the hand. His wage previously had averaged £2 8s a week, and he claimed compensation equivalent to £1 4s a week. Defendants denied that plaintiff was in theii' employ. They said that he had been employed by Suckling, lessee of the mill. Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh appeared for plaintiff and Mr. C. H. Treadwell for the defendants. Tho Court reserved its decision. BLOOD-POISONING— WHAT WAS THE CAUSE? An accident, allegedly leading to blood-poisoning, Wafl the basis of a claim for compensation, brought by Herbert George Heavey against Hermann Heimann, of Wellington, draper. Plaintiff eaid that while working for defendant, on 15th May, he ha<l hie hands crushed between a door and a box he was carrying. Blood-poisoning, resulting in cores on the legs and arms, set in, and plaintiff was unable to continue his .work. He claimed half-wages (£1 5s per week) from the date of the accident. Defendant denied that the bloodpoisoning was the result of the accident, which was only a slight one. Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. R. B. Williams for the defendant. After hearing medical evidence, tho Court gave judgment for plaintiff for £10 and costs (£4 4s) as-fot the injury to the hand. (Proceeding.)