COMPENSATION CLAIM.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 3 December 1914, Page 4

COMPENSATION CLAIM.

CONTRADICTORY FINDINGS.

BY TELEGEAPK— PRESS ASSOCIATION, wi i WELLINGTON, Dec. 2. While working with a gang of men unloading cargo from the steamer Mait«h n f chi 3. lst last 'Thomas Cawwell was struck by some bags of superphosphate which fell fronT a broken Sh? SU ani. dled f«>m the injuries recei/ed. His widow sued the Union Company for £2000 compensation, and the jury disagreed. The case has been reheard at the Supreme Court during the past.three days, when the jury considered two issues: (1) Did the company exeicise due care in permitting the vi or the sing Ul question: (2) Could A>answers :~No. 1, "No"; No 2 "Yes J» ' sufficient care ad UOt exei'«sedN< . The foreman said the iury had rmf mtended tho verdict to be for tlm ? His Honor said +•}»•»t in +i.~ tto claim, under the cSn^SsSS Mr Wilford said the company's offer o^the maximum of ssog ioifrS*"^* 116,^ 010 matter adjourned until a date to b 9 fixed.