THE SALAMAN CASE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 December 1924, Page 5

THE SALAMAN CASE.

£6OO DAMAGES AWARDED. WOMAN’S CLAIM SUCCEEDS. (by telegraph—press association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 3. The jury awarded Miss Agnes Wright Stewart the sum of £6OO in the case before the Supreme Court in which she claimed- £2250 a.s general damages and £23 3s as special damages from Abram Wlailey Mahomed Salamaiij of Kpyber Pass, who describes himself as an Indian herbalist. The plaintiff alleged negligence mi the part of Sataman. The case was heard before Mr. Justice Stringer and a special jury of twelve. In summing up the judge said that as far as the law was concerned it did not matter much whether defendant repiesented himself as a doctor or not. If he undertook treatment of a case he was liable in law for the consequences. Defendant certainly undertook to treat a case of a medical kind and represented that he was able to cure that case. • Altogether he assumed to act as ai medical man. Defendant admitted that he knew nothing of drugs except herbs, yet administered to plaintiff over a. long period a considerable number and quantity of dr lies, some of which were undoubtedly deleterious to her genera] health. If a man administered drugs not knowing their use or effect in this haphazard wav he might riehtlv be termed a fraud. The jury might have no difficulty in arriving at the conclusion that defendant wa.s responsible for damages. The real diffieultv would be the measure of damages awarded. The jury retired at 12.15 p.m. and returned about hours later, •awarding plaintiff the sum of £6OO. Judgment was entered for that amount and costs.