AWARD OF £1000 DAMAGES

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 24 August 1933, Page 5

AWARD OF £IOOO DAMAGES

INJURY TO GIRL CYCLIST NEGLIGENCE OF OAR. DRIVER! (By TePzmph—Press Association.} CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 23. Special and general damages amounting to £1034- 14s 6tl were awarded by a. jury in the Supreme Court to-day to Miss Violet Blanche Larsen, who while riding a bicycle was. injured in an adcident last October at the corner of Papanui Road and Bealey Avenue. There wais a collision between a motor car driven by George Mazey and a motor-cycle ridden by Edward Pickup, and the Car a,t almost the same instant struck Miss Larsen. The jury held 1 that the accident was caused by "the negligence of Mazey, and judgment was given against him by Mr Justice 'MacGregor. The jury held: that Mazey was negligent in failing to keep a proper look-out, failing to give way to the motor cycle approaching from his night and in failing property to manage hits oar so tals to avoid the collision, and held that this negligence contributed to the accident. The original claim was foi- £1234 14s Gd. Ma.zev was ordered to pay., all costs. \