USE OF A LIFT.
ACCIDENT CLAIM DISPUTED Per Press Association'. WELLINGTON, July 18. The full court is to-day considering the case of O’Connor v. Nelson Moate Ltd. In the Lower Court O’Connor was awarded £IO2O damages for falling down a lift well in Wellington. Defendant moved for a non-suit, or for judgment, or for a new trial, and the plaintiff moved for judgment. These motions were removed int-o the Full Court. The questions for tho Court are : Wlmt duty (if an'y) did Nelson Moate owe to O Connor, and what was the nature of the permission (if any) given to O’Connor, in respect of the use of the lift. Mr Skerret. who. with Mr O’Leary, appeared for defendant company, contended that there was no legal nexus between the plaintiff and the defendant, and, fnrthr, that the plaintiff, even if he had defendant’s permission to use the lift, had permission to use it only in the natural and customary way, and without negligence, which he had not done. Mr O’Regan appeared for plaintiff.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17345, 18 July 1924, Page 8
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