STEPPED OFF MOVING TRAIN
INJURED WORKER’S CLAIM FAILS. UNUSUAL COMPENSATION CASE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Last Night.. A worker’s compensation case decided in the Court of Arbitration to-day is believed to be the first of its kind to come up for judicial consideration in New Zealand. Plaintiff Hinde lost his left arm as a result of falling when he alighted from a rake of trucks provided by the defendant Westport Stockton Coal Mining Company for the purpose of conveying men to and from work. It was admitted the men were within the protection of the Workers’ Compensation Act while being conveyed by the company. The company submitted that Hinde was not entitled to succeed because he committed a breach of a regulation of the Coal Mines Act of 1923 which forbids, men to board or alight from workers’ trains or to ride on the buffers while in motion. After hearing the evidence and the legal argument the court held that there had been a breach of regulations and dismissed the claim. The company did not ask for costs.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19310609.2.77
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1931, Page 7
Word Count
177STEPPED OFF MOVING TRAIN Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1931, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.