DAMAGES AWARDED
CROSSING TRAGEDY SEQUEL
(liy Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The first claim for compensation arising from the level crossing tragedy at Hikurangi on sth April last was heard by a jury to-day. John Frew, a coal miner, claimed £750 from the Northern Motor Bus Company on account of the death of his son, aged 17. The defendants paid £130 into Court, but denied legal liability. Mr. Justice Herdman directed the jury not to consider the claim in tlio light of punishment, but purely as a civil proceeding and to take into account pecuniary loss only, not pain and suffering. The jury awarded £33S damages and costs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 39, 16 February 1931, Page 11
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108DAMAGES AWARDED Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 39, 16 February 1931, Page 11
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