COMPENSATION CLAIM
AN UNUSUAL CASE. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 20. Tho Arbitration Court has forwarded to Auckland its judgment in the compensation case, David Ramnant v. Dempscy, a coal merchant. Plaintiff was incapacitated from work following an accident wliich happened to him in May, 1919, while ho was in defondant's employ, but the matter was complicated because he was suffering from a progressive hardening of the arteries, which was bound to mcapaxatato him sooner or later. The question for the court was whether he should be awarded a lump sum in respect of future incapacity, in place of a weekly allowance, such as he had received since his accident. The court decided that the probable period of incapacity from accident was two years, and awarded a lump sum of £200 to cover that period, reserving tho right to plaintiff's dependents to claim compensation should ho die within that period, on the groundl that his death was due to the effects of the accident. „
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17941, 21 May 1920, Page 7
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165COMPENSATION CLAIM Otago Daily Times, Issue 17941, 21 May 1920, Page 7
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