NEGLIGENCE ALLEGED
AN EMPLOYEE’S CLAIM (Per Press Association.' WELLINGTON, this day. An action 1 is proceeding in tho Supreme Court before the Chief Justice, Sir, M' ( dmel Myers, in which Timothy Dunne is claiming 1)200 general damages and £56 7s 6d special damages from his employer, August Victor Swanson, arising from injuries and lost wages, tho result of the plaintiff being buried in a Jail of earth at (he back of the Ewart Hospital, in Match. • The accident, it is alleged, was caused by Hie unskilful and negligent manner in which excavations wero 'earned out. The defendant denies that tfiere was any negligence or failure to take proper precautions in carrying out the work.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17433, 4 December 1930, Page 13
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114NEGLIGENCE ALLEGED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17433, 4 December 1930, Page 13
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