CLAIM FOR £2OOO.
LADY INJURED BY HAMMER.
NEGLIGENCE ALLEGED
(Per Press Association)
WELLINGTON. This Day
A claim for £2OOO damages arising out of the fall of a hammer on the head of a lady walking down Cuba Street. Wellington, was heard in the Supreme Court to-day. The parties are Edgar Horne and his wife (plaintiffs) and A. and T. Burt, Ltd. (defendants). It is alleged that on December 4, 1924, Mrs Horne was walking along the pavement when an employee of the defendant company negligently dropped a hammer from the top storey of a building, which fell on her head, whereby she was permanently injured. The defence admitted the facts as regards the fall of the hammer, but denied negligence on the part of the employee, and also denied that Mrs Horne was permanently injured.
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Franklin Times, Volume 14, Issue 258, 29 July 1925, Page 5
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135CLAIM FOR £2000. Franklin Times, Volume 14, Issue 258, 29 July 1925, Page 5
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