COMPENSATION GRANTED
AN IMPORTANT"JUDGMENT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 17. The Arbitration' Court to-day issued an important judgment setting out tho basis on which a lump sum would be computed to arrive at compensation for permanent p_artial incapacity reIsulting from injuries not scheduled under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Hitherto such cases have been settled out of court on the basis of the judgment in Campbell v. the Taupiri Coal Mines, which was a finding dealing only with scheduled injuries. The court held that non-schedule cases must be dealt with - under section 6 of the Act. The ratio laid down by section 8, dealing with scheduled injuries, compensation for permanent partial injuries must - bear th» same ratio to the amount payable for total incapacity as the schedule percentage bore to 100 per cent. No such limitation existed for non-schedule injuries. The computation of a lump, sum was based on a period of Six years, with' a limit of £760. The court, therefore, gave judgment in favour of Lawrenco Maloney, coachbuilder, • Wellington, against STunt, Cottrell and Company, Limited.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11497, 18 April 1923, Page 5
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176COMPENSATION GRANTED New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11497, 18 April 1923, Page 5
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