DAMAGES FOR INJURY.
-«. 1 WAITRESS AWARDED £658. [BT TELEGRAPH.—press ASSOCIATION'.] TIMARH, Saturday. \ stit for personal injuries sustained by , Mary Randall, tearoom waitress, of . JhrisUhutvli, aged 30, occupied Mr. Jus- ' ice Herd man and a jury of 12 for two ' ill days. When on holiday in Septem- ' )er, 1916, plaintiff was a passenger for a ' ■ound trip in the Timaru Herald mail car i ' n the district. The car got, out of ecu- ' rol descending a steep hill, ran away, us turned into a hank, and upset. Miss ( landaU sustained a fracture of the pelvis, nd was still suffering from the effects of he injury. She sued the Herald Coraiany for £1000 general and £138 special kmages. Plaintiff asserted that the car tas ill-found, and that the driver was ifirjrent, which the defendant company I'llicd. " ' Tie jury found that the car was not ' lopeily equipped, and that the brake I s ear was defective. They cave a verdict i ( c £008. O'sts as per scale were I a ilowed. I j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16920, 5 August 1918, Page 4
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170DAMAGES FOR INJURY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16920, 5 August 1918, Page 4
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