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DAMAGES AWARDED

COUNTY COUNCIL’S NEGLIGENCE By Telegraph Pre«;«> Ac<»nrlfltlon WELLINGTON, March 5 Holding that the Eketahuna County Council had been guilty of negligence during the progress of road repair work at Hamua, between Pahiatua and Eketahuna a jury in the Supreme Court to-night awarded Emily Annie Freeman, woman’s toilet specialist, Wellington, £390'5/4 damages. The total amount claimed was £1125/4/6. The case arose out of a motor accident on the main highway on March 22, 1936, as a result of which the plaintiff received injuries which, it is stated, will cause permanent partial disability of the right hand. It was claimed that the accident was a result of negligence on the part of the council in that it failed to make safe for traffic the section of road under repair. The jury, on its return, after three hours’ adjournement, answered in the affirmative, the question of whether the accident had resulted only from things under the management of the defendant, and that it was such as in the ordinary course of things did not happen if those who had the management of those things exercised proper care. The case; which is of great importance to local bodies throughout the Dominion, occupied the Court for three full days. Sixteen witnesses were called. All this afternoon was taken up by the addresses of counsel, and the Judge’s summing-up. The jury assessed the general damages at £353 0s lOd, and the special damages at £27 4s 6d.

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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 5

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DAMAGES AWARDED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 5

DAMAGES AWARDED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 5

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