COMPENSATION CASE.
[bt telegraph.— association.]
Dunedin, Friday. The Arbitration Court gave judgment today in tho compensation case, Bland v. Davis. Tho claimant had his leg injured by a fall from a scaffold, and it had to be amputated above the ankle. Claimant was leading man .at the building of a cottage, having with him Davis' two sons and an apprentice, and the scaffold was put up by himself and Davis' son. The Court said the evidence displayed carelessness, very great carelessness, on the part of; olaimani _In the Court's opinion he did not bring himself within the exemption of seotion 5. The Court, therefor©, made a declaration and fixed the amount to bo paid during total incapacity at £1 9s 4d per week,, with costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12931, 29 July 1905, Page 3
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125COMPENSATION CASE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12931, 29 July 1905, Page 3
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