LOSS OF INDEX FINGER
DUE TO BLACKBERRY THORN.
COMPENSATION CLAIM FAILS
Greymouth, June 6. Can blackberry or gorse be termed scrub? This was the deciding question in the ease of Leonard Matthews v. James Gage and Mervyn Gage, fat tiers, a claim for compensation for blood poisoning in the index finger of the light hand from blackberry thorn, lhe injury necessitated amputation of the finger and resulted in the hand being seriously injured. A claim was made for weekly payment of £2 18s 8d to date, also payment of a lump sum. The court decided that the contract was one of service and was not an independent contract, also that blackbciiv and gorse-cutting was part of farming operations and was not equivalent to scrub-cutting, which was done to enable land to be ‘made ready fbr farming. Judgment was given for defendant without costs.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1931, Page 9
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