DAMAGES AWARD
STRUCK BY TAXI IS MONTHS IN HOSPITAL GIRL CYCLIST’S INJURY (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 8. A sum of £2OOO in general damages was awarded by a jury in the Supreme Court yesterday to a studentteacher injured in a collision with a taxi on July 24, 1943, when she was cycling in Latimer Square. The plaintiff, Natalie Patricia Simpson, had claimed £2500 general damages, and special damages totalling £740 had been agreed upon. The defendants were the Gold Band Taxis. Limited, and William John White, taxi-driver. Mr. Justice Northcrolt heard the case. After a retirement of four hours, the jury returned a majority verdict and found the defendant negligent in failing to keep a proper look-out. By 10 to two, the jury decided there was no contributory negligence by plaintiff. The award of £2OOO general damages was made by a majority vote of 11 to one.
The statement of claim said that plaintiff had suffered a fracture of the right thigh and had been in hospital evor since the accident. There was still a marked limitation of movement in her right leg, and also considerable wasting of the muscles and stiffness in the knee-joint.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21632, 8 February 1945, Page 6
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