EYE LOST IN COLLISION
-■ » SUCCESSFUL DAMAGES CLAIM (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, 22nd August. Tho full amount claimed, £1000 general damages and £59 19s. 6d special damages, was to-day awarded by the jury to Georgo Hunter Smart, plumber, of Wellington, in his action in the Supremo Court against Dovina Elsie Aitken, owner, and John Aitken, driver of a motor-lorry involved in a collision with plaintiff's car. The accident occurred on 22nd December, and as tx result Smart lost an eye. Counsel for tho defendants intimated that lie would consider moving for a new .trial on tho grounds that the damages were excessive.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 11
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102EYE LOST IN COLLISION Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 11
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