SLANDER ACTION
Jury Awards <d Damages (PA.) WELLINGTON, May 21. Three farthings damages on a claim totalling £l7OO was awarded by the 'ary which heard the suit for libel and slander brought by the Dominion Life Assurance Office of New Zealand, Ltd., against the Australian Mutual Provident Society in the Supreme Court. The hearing began <m Monday morning and concluded this afternoon, when the jury was out for an hour and 40 minutes considering its verdict. Of the five original causes of action two were withheld from the jury, which found for the plaintiff company on each of the remaining causes and fixed damages at id in each case. , . . The foreman of the Jury explained that they had decided to award only id damages because they thought that the executive of the defendant corporation had taken adequate and effective action to make amends for what its agents had done. They intended their verdict to be a moral victory for the plaintiff company, but thought that the company should have been satisfied with the apology that was made and the offer of payment of the plaintiff company’s legal costs. The Court made no order as to costs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21969, 22 May 1941, Page 4
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196SLANDER ACTION Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21969, 22 May 1941, Page 4
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