WATEESIDER'S CLALM

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 67, 21 March 1933, Page 8

WATEESIDER'S CLALM

AN INJURED SHOULDER

The Arbitration Court today heard a claim for compensation made by Leonard Clark, a waterside worker, for injuries he received while assisting to load the steamer Huntingdon.

The plaintiff said that on July 9, 1931, when in the employ of the company, he slipped from a meat truck and fell on to the wharf and injured his right shoulder and hip. He ■ asserted_ that he had suffered total incapacity from the date oi the accident until the present time. He was advised that the disablement would continue for some time, and that he would be permanently partially .disabled as ithe result of the injuries. He. had received compensation. at the rate of £3 Is 7d a week until September 3, 1932. Further compensation was ■claimed, including an allowance for partial disablement.

The defence was a denial of the extent and probable duration of the injuries.

. Mr. O. C. Mazengarb appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. W. P. Shorland for the defendant company. Mr. Mazengarb admitted that the company had treated the plaintiff very fajrly, but there was a difference of medical opinion "with respect to the extent of the injury to the shoulder. Everything that could be done to effect a cure had been tried, but without success.

Medical evidence was then taken, and the Court adjourned till tomorrow, when further medical witnesses will be called.