LOSS OF FOUR FINGERS
CAUGHT IN MACHINE MAN AWARDED £1245 (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. Damages totalling £1245 lis were awarded bv- Mr. Justice Ostler in a reserved judgment this morning in favour of Eric Rothery, of Manaia, a butcher's assistant, against ,G. 0. Gray and John Duggan, of Manaia. butchers, for the loss of four fingers of the right hand. . . . .
Plaintiff, who was aged 20 years, was operating a mincing machine while in the defendants' emplov on May 1. Ho slipped and his hand was caught in the machine, which severed four fingers. A claim for £ISOO general and' £45 11a Special damages subsequently was made on (lie grounds that the moving parts of the machine were not adequately protected. Mr. Justice Ostler in his judgment said that the loss of four lingers of the right hand was equivalent to the total loss of the hand and plaintiff would have to reorganise his life and learn to use his left hand and follow a sedentary occupation, which would involve long training and practice.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19100, 22 August 1936, Page 15
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176LOSS OF FOUR FINGERS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19100, 22 August 1936, Page 15
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