CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION
ACTION AGAINST SHIPPING COMPANY •PECULIAR POSITION REVEALED. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November 3. A peculiar position arose in a compensation case in the Arbitration Court to-day when it was discovered during the heading of evidence that the plaintiff had possibly commenced an action against the wrong defendant. The case was adjourned sine die to enable a settlement to be made. The plaintiff, John Patrick Walsbe, stated that when employed as a casual worker by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company on the steamer Mahana he was hit on the leg by a carcass of frozen pork. During the hearing of medical evidence it was stated that plaintiff had later returned to work, but injured the cartilage his knee working on the Remuera, a New Zealand Shipping Company boat. It was stated that the injury appeared to have been due to the second accident caused by the knee giving out when putting on a heavy case. In such circumstances, it was further stated that it appeared that the liability would be on the New Zealand Shipping Company. Mr Justice Frazer said the latter company must be brought into the matter to assist in obtaining a settlement.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22102, 4 November 1933, Page 13
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199CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION Otago Daily Times, Issue 22102, 4 November 1933, Page 13
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