DAMAGES AWARDED.
EXPECTATION OF LIFE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 5. A finding that defendant was guilty of negligent driving and an award to plaintiff of £Bl2 10s general and £23 11s special damages was returned by the jury in the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday, in tho case heard before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) in which George Edward Thompson, a labourer, claimed £2OOO general damages and £23 Ms special damages from Horace Baden Ginger, a company director. Plaintiff is administrator of the estate of Samuel William Thompson, gasworks employee, aged 40, who was killed at Miramar on November 17 through being struck by a car driven by Ginger.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 3
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110DAMAGES AWARDED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 3
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