DAMAGES CLAIM FAILS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, 24th May. The Arbitration Court was occupied today with' the hearing of a case, Henry James Healey, waterside worker, against John t Mill and Company, stevedores, a claim for damages in respect of injuries received by plaintiff while working on the steamer City of Bath in February. Mr. Justice Frazer gave a majority judgment of the Court in favour of defendant on the ground that plaintiff, being under the influence of liquor, had been dismissed by the superintending- stevedore prior to the accident, and had therefore no right to be on board the vessel at the time of-the mishap. Mr. Montcith dissented from the majority verdict, holding that the superintending stevedore had made a mistake in regard to^the identity of the man who was dismissed. Judgment was entered for defendant.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 10
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