WORKMEN’S INJURIES
COMPENSATION CLAIM
(United Press Association.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct. 9, In the Supreme Court on Sept. 11th, -Mr .lustice Reed gave judgment in iavour of John Hos kin, a watersider. who sued the New Zealand Shipping Company for damages caused by an accident when unloading slag from the ship Enton. The damages have now been assessed at special £399 and general £250, less the amount received as compensation under the Workers Compensation Act.
I lie Arbitration Court has also given reserved judgment in tho petition Curlsn|l v. The King. Plaintiff claimed compensation for an injury received while working on public works at Tahora. which resulted in the loss of the sight of one eye. The Crown admitted liability, but the question at issue was whether compensation should run from the date of the accident or the date wlicn incapacity was commenced, loss M sight not occurring till six weeks after the accident. The Court finds that payments are to date from the time at which incapacity commenced.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 October 1926, Page 4
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