VERDICT SET ASIDE
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 21. William Laurence Jackson, who was seriously injured, by a revolving air screw at the De Havilland aircraft factory, Lyail Bay, where he was employed as a fitter, on August 21, 1933, obtained the jury’s verdict for £2OOO damages. Mr. Justice Smith, in the Supreme Court to-day, gave his reserved judgment, setting aside the jury’s verdict and deciding in favour of the company. His Honour said that Jackson lost his right to damages because at the time he was injured he had no right to be where he was,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21385, 21 April 1944, Page 4
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