SEQUEL TO MOTOR ACCIDENT
HEAVY DAMAGES CLAIMED "
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;WELLINGTON, This Day, v 'ln. the Supreme Court, to-day Sir Ken-, rieth Douglas, baronet, of Wellington; is claiming £347 15s lid special and £2500 general damages from the Victoria Laundry Co., alleging negligent and, unskil-. ful driving on-thc part of William Albert Weldon,' an employee of the company, whose motor van ran down plaintiff, causing sovere injuries and,shock,, Plaintiff was for a period an inmate of both the public and Bowen street hospitals, and the claim sets out; that ho is still receiving medical attention, and was advised that he would bo permanently partially incapacitated.. He had' been unable to attend to his practice as a barrister and solicitor, and bad suffered, and would continue to suffer, substantia! loss.
The defence is a denial of negligence on the part of Weldon in any way, and that plaintiff, by the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care, could have avoided the accident.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 August 1931, Page 4
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