CLAIM FOR-WOMAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22498, 15 August 1936, Page 19

CLAIM FOR-WOMAN

ACCIDENT SEQUEL COMPENSATION SOUGHT JUDGMENT FOR COMPANY Further evidence was heard in the Arbitration Court yesterday in the case in which Iho Public Trustee, as administrator of the estate of Caroline Paula Meaney, claimed compensation from Thompson and Hills, Limited. The allegation was that Miss Meaney was now permanently incapacitated as the result of an accident which arose out of and in the course of her employment. The defence was that Miss Meaney was definitely abnormal, and that tho accident, if it did anything, was to reveal her weakness. Tho' claim was for £1 4s 4d a week for such period as tho Court should determine. Mr. Justice Pago presided, with him being Mr. W. Cecil Prime, employers' assessor, and Mr. A. L. Monteith, employees' assessor. Mr. A. H. Johnstone, K.C., with him Mr. Butler, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Richmond represented defendant. Called by tho defence, Edna Shroder, a factory hand at Thompson and Hills, said sho examined Miss Meaney after the accident, and saw no marks anywhero on her face or body. Miss Meaney had been of a more excitable nature than any of the other girls at tho ofiice. Sho also seemed to have the

idea that the other girls "had a set on her."

Grace Keegan, forewoman for defendant, said she had never had a more moody girl than Miss Meaney under her.

Medical opinion was given that Miss Meaney's incapacity was not due to the accident, but to a disease which she showed long before the accident. The Court lieF that tho accident played no real part in tho progress of a disease which Miss Meaney had, and that her incapacity was not due to the accident. Judgment was entered for the defendant company. The question of costs was reserved.