OVERSIGHT COST THIS MOTORIST £47
[Per Press Association. Covyright.l DUNEDIN. This Day. The duty of motorists under the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act, 1928, to see that prompt notice of an accident is given to the insurance company concerned, was forcibly brought home to a defendant in the Dunedin Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Through failing to 1 notify his insurance company, he was called upon to pay damages of £47, which, otherwise. would have been met by the company. The case was the fii’st of its kind to be heard in Dunedin, The insurance company was not notified of the accident until three months later, when defendant sent in a bill he had received from the injured person’s solicitors. The magistrate. Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., gave judgment by default to the plaintiff company for the full amount, with costs.
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Northern Advocate, 30 March 1938, Page 3
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