COMPENSATION SOUGHT
MOTOR ENGINEER'S CLAIM A claim for compensation on behalf of Ronald Edgar Blackmail, motor engineer (Mr. Dickson), was brought against his employer, the Auckland Gas Company (Mr. West), before Mr. Justice O'Regan in the Compensation Court yesterday. Plaintiff based lii.s claim on the allegation that on .January ;i(), 1940, while lie was using a jack on a motortruck. the jack suddenly slewed ro'und and struck him on the chest, and that as a result he suffered coronary thrombosis. which had necessitated the amputation of his left leg. The answer of the defence was that the coronary thrombosis was not due to the accident at all. Mr. Dickson said the claim was originally based on an incident on February I, 1910, when the plaintiff was working under a car. He was wrenching at a rusted nut and suddenly felt n stabbing pain in the left chest. Further medical inquiry, however, led to the opinion that the blow from the jack two days earlier had brought about the condition, which eventually necessitated the loss of the leg. The Court reserved decision.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24103, 23 October 1941, Page 14
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