TAXI IN COLLISION
PASSENGER AWARDED DAMAGES. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, May 11. General damages amounting to £3OO were awarded Wyvern Jack Russell, a salesman, against Walter Archibald Bell, a hotelkeeper, also carrying on business as taxi proprietor under the name of Gold Band Cabs.
Russell was riding in a taxi when a collision occurred at the junction of streets, receiving severe injuries including concussion. Liability was admitted and £129 special damages decided on. The jury was asked to decide the general damages.
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Southland Times, Issue 22013, 12 May 1933, Page 8
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