GIRL WALKS ON SICKLE
SUCCESSFUL ACTION FOR DAMAGES CHRISTCHURCH, October 19. A girl who was injured in walking on a sickle lying on the side of the road outside a residence at Hanmer Springs last January succeeded in an action for damages in- the Magistrate’s Court against the owne. of the sickle. The Magistrate (Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) attributed negligence on the part of the plaintiff and awarded damages amounting to £ll2 4/-. The action was brought by Joy Wooler against Hedley James Peek for £lOO damages and £64 2/- special damages. It was claimed that Peek had negligently left a sickle in the public road. The girl had walked down the road to join her parents and had stepped on the sickle, which twisted, cutting a tendon in the leg. An operation had been necessary. The case of the defence was that there had been contributory negligence. “I am satisfied that there was no want of care on the part of the plaintiff.” said the magistrate.
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Southland Times, Issue 23335, 20 October 1937, Page 11
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