THIRD-PARTY RISK
MOTOR-CAR AND TRAILER
TWO COMPANIES AT LAW . [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] PALMERSTON NORTH, Thursday The liability of two insurance companies as indemnifies under the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risk) Act was the subject of an interesting case in the Supreme Court.
In December last a collision occurred between a motor-car with a trailer and another car. As a result occupants of the latter vehicle were injured. The driver of the car with the trailer, 'against whom a claim was instituted, had borrowed the trailer and the third party insurance on it was Jield by a different company from that which held tho risk on the car.
The two companies agreed that the collision was due to the driver of the car with the trailer, but then the question arose which company was responsible for damages. The company holding the risk on tho trailer, which was the real cause of the accident, sought a declaration that both companies, were liable on an equal basis, but the company holding the cover on the car disputed this, saying that if there had been no trailer there would have been no accident and no damages.
Mr. Justice Smith reserved his decision.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22117, 24 May 1935, Page 12
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