COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES.
IMPORTANT JUDGMENT BY ARBITRATION COURT.'
AUCKLAND, April 17. The Aribtration Court to-day issued an important judgment, setting out the basis on which a lump sum should he computed to arrive at compensation for permanent or partial incapacity resulting from injuries not scheduled under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Hitherto such cases have been settled out of Court on the basis of the judgment Campbell v. the Taupiri Coal Mines Co., which was a finding dealing only with scheduled injuries. The Court held that non-sclieduled cases must be'"dealt with under section 5 of the Act. The ratio laid down by section 8 dealing with scheduled injuries declared that compensation • for permanent partial injuries must bear the same ratio to the amount payable for total incapacity as the schedule percentage bore to 100 per cent. No such limitation existed for non-schedule injuries. The computation of a lump sum was based on a period of six years with a limit of £750. The Court therefore gave judgment in favor of Lawrence Maloney, a coachbuilder, of Wellington, against Munt, Cottrell, and Co., Ltd.—P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9671, 18 April 1923, Page 6
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