THIRD PARTY RISK.
COMPANY MUST PAY. IX CASES OF DRUNKENNESS. That an insurance company must indemnify a di unken motorist against tiie consequences or an accident wiien drunkenness is the result of folly and not of deliberation, was the important ruling of Air. .Justice Koche, stated a recent message from London. Frank James, of Bournemouth, who admitted drunkenness, and was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, following an accident, sued the British General Insurance- Compilin’ to recover £ISOO paid, in satisfaction of third party claims. It was' stated that James, when retaining from a wedding party, killed one man and injured another. Mr. Justice Boche awarded James £1857, stating that his case was no wor.se than that of sober persons deliberately driving recklessly. If a criminal offence precluded a motorist from recovering an indemnity tlie. result would be far-reaching. The insurance company is appealing.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 April 1927, Page 14
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143THIRD PARTY RISK. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 April 1927, Page 14
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