COMPENSATION AWARDED
WATERSIDER’S INJURY CAPTAIN EXONERATED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. In the Supreme Court yesterday, a waterside worker, William Gordon Brown, who suffered injuries when a sling of cargo 'broke during loading operations on the steamer Abel Tasman on December 7, 1933, was awarded £271 4s Gil special damages and £l5O general damages, the total award being £421 4s Od, less £l4B 14s 8d already paid in compensation. In the course of his judgment, the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, said: “I desire to absolve Captain Ness from blame. He recognised that the rope sling was an improper one to be used, and gave instructions for wire slings to be used. While he was away the rope sling was employed, and it was the use of that sling that diroctly brought about the accident to the plaintiff.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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139COMPENSATION AWARDED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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