ACTION FOR COMPENSATION
COURT OF APPEAL CASE. [by telegraph.— association.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The Court of Appeal th'.s morning heard argument in the case of Robin v. the Union Steam Ship Company. The case raises the point whether in an action against an employer by the wife or other dependant of a deceased servant who met his death through negligence of a fellow, servant, damages are unlimited, or whether damages are limited to £500. The question turns upon the construction of section 62 of the Workers' Compensation Act of 1906 as amended by section 13 of the amending Act of 1311. The claim in the action is for £1000, the plaintiff being the daughter of the late John Robin, who died as the result of an accident on the steamer Wanaka on April 2. 1917. Defendant issued a summons to amend the claim by reducing it to £500. Mr. Justice Hosking dismissed the summons, and defendant now seeks to ■haev that decision reviewed by the Court. Decision was reserved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 6
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168ACTION FOR COMPENSATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 6
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