MINER’S CLAIM UPHELD
COMPENSATION OF £153 [per press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 5. I The claim of a miner for compensation for. injuries received in the course of his employment has been upheld, by the Compensation Court, according to a reserved judgment on a case heard before Mr. Justice O’Regan at Greymouth, on November 4, which has just been released. The case is that of George Stewart, of Stockton/V. the Westport-Stockton Coal Company, Ltd. It was claimed that Stewart was not able to resume his usual work after he was injured when he was crushed against a truck in the mine. | Compensation amounting to £153! 9/9 was granted. Delivering the judgment,-his Honor states that the defendant company’s medical allegation that Stewart suffered from angina pectoris was discounted by plaintiff’s evidence that he had always been able to work efficiently on the coal face and that recently, at the age of 56, he had won a foot-race of 120 yards against younger men, facts*’which were not disputed. Mr. W. D. Taylor appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. W. J. Kemp for the defendant company. s'
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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 December 1940, Page 2
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