FALL OF HAMMER.
PEDESTRIAN INJURED
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
(BY TELEGRAPH CRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, July 29.
A claim for £2OOO damages arising out of the fall of a hammer on the head of a lady walking down Cuba Street is being heard in the Supreme Court. The parties are Edgar Horne and his wife, the plaintiffs, and A. an c ] T. Burt, Ltd., the defendants. It was alleged that on December 4 last Mrs. Horne was walking along the pavement when an employee of the defendant company negligently dropped a hammer from the top storey of the building, the tool falling on her head, whereby she was permanently in. jured. Th e defence admitted the facts as regards the fall of the hammer, but denied negligence on the part of the employee, and also denied that Mrs. Horne' was permanently injured.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 29 July 1925, Page 9
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140FALL OF HAMMER. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 29 July 1925, Page 9
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