ROPE SLING USED
WATERSIDE WORKER INJURED.
COURT ALLOWS COMPENSATION.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Wellington, Last Night.
In the Supreme Court to-day a waterside worker, William Gordon Brown, who suffered injuries when a sling of cargo broke during loading operations on the steamer Abel Tasman on December 7, 1933, was awarded £271 4s 6d special damages and £l5O general damages, the total award being £421 4s 6d less £l4B 14s 8d already paid in compensation. In the course of his judgment the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, said: “I desire to absolve Captain Ness from blame. He recognised the rope sling was an improper one to be used and gave instructions for wire slings to be used. While he was away the rope sling was employed and it was the use of that sling that directly brought about the accident to plaintiff.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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