CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
ARISING OCT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT. INTERESTING- POINT INVOLVED. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, May 17. A case, believed to be the first of its kind in regard, to motor cars, came before Mr. Justice. Reed to-day, when Antonio Mazzola, a market gardener, claimed £4OO, including £350 damages, from Turnbull and Jones, for injuries caused by being thrown out of his express, the re'sult of being run into by a motor-car in which an employee of the firm, Alfred Robert Oldham, was returning to Wellington after completing some electrical work at Hereto unga. Counsel stated that Oldham explained the accident by saying that he had run into the express* to avoid another car, but he had been fined in the lower court for negligent driving. The chief point at issue was whether ‘the firm was liable for the damage done by an employee in the circumstances of this case. Counsel stated that the firm was not aware that Oldham was using the car. On the other hand Oldham was not using the car for his own business or pleasure, and was being paid for travelling time.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 May 1926, Page 5
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188CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 May 1926, Page 5
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