CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
GISBORNE, August 8. The Arbitration Court lias given judgment for the defendant in a claim for £SOOO compensation made by Harry Dujany against the Gisborne Sheepfarniers’ Company. The case presented unusual features. Plaintiff was engaged in general work, and was sent to the blacksmith’s shop as a striker. Whilst using the hammer he felt a pain in his chest, accompanied by dizziness, and has since been unable to do anything but light work. The medical evidence was conflicting. There was general agreement that plaintiff’s heart was affected, but a conflict as to whether the condition was due to sudden strain. The court discussed the medical testimony with Dr Firchett, of Dunedin, and stated that the strong probability is that plaintiff’s heart was in an unhealthy condition previously, tho presumption being that the hammer found the trouble out, but did not cause it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3518, 16 August 1921, Page 24
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