STRICT PROOF DESIRED
COMPENSATION CLAIM FAILS [United Press Association] WELLINGTON, This Day. Stating that the onus of proof is always on plaintiff and stricter proof than usual is required where a disabling condition may or may not be the result of injury by accident, Mr Justice O’Regan in a reserved decision in the Compensation Court gave judgment for Gannaway and Co., from whom Bernard Mulholland. watersider. sought compensation, alleging that he suffered a hernia while working for the company. The judge commented that plaintiff was obviously honest but quite unaware until the fact was brought home to him that he had any tendency to hernia.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 6
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105STRICT PROOF DESIRED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 6
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