INTERESTING COMPENSATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 13 January 1915, Page 5

INTERESTING COMPENSATION

OCCIDENT WHILST PROCEEDING FROM., WORK.■

(United Press -Association.) DUNEDIN, Thr«T)ay.<> Judgment was given ; by tion Court in an interesting compensation . claim heard at Oamaru recently., ,<Klgia-, tiff, Smithy a-painter and was engaged in work f,or defendant IVth at, a place three ,iniles.from-vOamar^osfc Office. By the:tei;ma plaintiff's employment ' bepaiv•■wnen i'e reached a point a nulc and -a-half ,uom work,, and. ended when. Ire ireached-the same on, his way home. i was returning work, and befor rAaoWnff' the employments , ended, a bag P Sir wh .carting " his lunch, gob between kftee andthe handlebars, -of- has cy<il<S pausing him to fall arid fractiirb an-arttt:... -'VThe - defence j-dexu^cbiltikhiUty v ,von, T tl}e ground that, the p( notarise out -of empWp, c VfeY'V V 1 -A; i tTi.lt. The Court, tlie case,was fact,that plaintiff t „ a:, bag-,1? Vgf bicycle-,' which was the J .ixecidentj biit srt was reasonable Bo should carry his luncheon-in , suc \f;; The case was on the border line, nut the Court was bf opinion .that <tl*e accident arose ,out of > employment, (J pla«raff was entitled to judgment., been able to do light work J or. past. He was -awai;de£ the date of the afccident to,. OctebMilz» and 10s weekly from October l^to^Dß- - Defendant was also declared pay* 10s weekly from thati date accoVdMg to the -provisions of the, Act. v ,