THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT.
The hearing of the case of Doyle v. the New Zealand Candle Company, being a claim for £IOOO damages for injuries received by the plaintiff while employed as fireman by the defendant company, was concluded at Wellington on Friday The jury found that at the time of plaintiff being injured, there was a defect in the furnace and flues at the works, which was known to exist by the company, and which caused injury to the claimant. The plaintiff, though he knew there was a defect in the furnace, did not know the risk of injnry incurred by hrm : nor did he accept risk of injury. The plaintiff had not been guilty of negligence in the performance of his duties, and was entitled to receive £6OO damages. A motion for judgment for the plaintiff on the findings of the jury was adjourned for a week, when counsel for defendant moves for a nonsuit.
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Lake County Press, Issue 975, 15 August 1901, Page 5
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