COMPENSATION CASE.
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. APPEAL AGAINST VERDICT. (BE TELEGRAPH. VT3.YS3. 1 ASSOCIATION. J • ' ■■■••' -..'■:■ WELLINGTON. Wednesday. The hearing of argument in the case of Adams v. the Wellington Patent Slip Company was commenced before the . Full Court to-day. This \C?" a motion by the company for a nonsuit or, in the alternative," a new trial. The plaintiff sued the Patent Slip Company for damages for nogligence. Plaintiff, who was in defendant's employ, was working on • the* repair of some mattresses, and -he alleged it was. the duty of the defendant a° retult ,?f th ° sterilised. M a result of non-stenlisation it was' aldlease that ft- 3 { c «edTskin and awarded dama y es foU l f l- t ? la '«^ . Court this .mornin D Mr. CU Viw * well appeared for the defendant comply and Mr. Myers, and with him Mr S' engarb, for the' plaintiff "* Mr ' Maz Mr. Jreadwell contended that there was no evidence that the plaintiff contracted , the as a result of th condition of he bedding. He coSSed further that in any case there was no , evidence of negligence. J '.'. Argument is proceeding.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10
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184COMPENSATION CASE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10
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