CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
OVER £I2OO AWARDED CONFLICT OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE (Per United Press Association) WANGANUI. May 16. General damages amounting to £IOOO. and £249 16s special .damages were awarded to Percy Hoiford,; aged 22, by the jury in the Supreme Court to-day for injuries received when he was knocked down by a motor car owned by Linwood Motors, Wanganui. and driven, by one of the company's staff. The accident occurred jn the main street of Hunterville township on April 15, 1938. and the plaintiff was in the hospital for a considerable period. The company admitted liability for the damages, but opposed the claim of £I9OO which was made by the plaintiff. ' , . There was a conflict of medical evidence, two doctors saying that ,the plaintiff had every prospect of recovery from the effects of a serious head injury and two others took tne view that, while there was a possibility of recovery, there also was a likelihood that the plaintiff's mental state would deteriorate.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 5
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163CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 5
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