MEDICAL EXPENSES OF RETURNED MEN.
IMPORTANT DECISION GIVEN BY MAGISTRATE. Per Press Association. lIAWERA, November 20. A reserved decision of particular interest to returned soldiers, bearing on the recent legislation providing that returned men are entitled to relie.f for medical expenses incurred as the result of war injuries, the expenses to be borne by the State, was delivered by the Magistrate, Mr Tate, at Opunake yesterday. He emphasised that although the expenses were incurred prior to the passing of the legislation in 1924, relief could be obtained if war injuries were proved to be respon sible. The case arose on a claim by a medical practitioner against a returned soldier for professional fees as the result of illness suffered by the defendant in 1923. The Magistrate found that the difficulty arose from plaintiff’s neglect to advise the authorities of the matter, and gave judgment for the defendant.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18009, 20 November 1926, Page 2
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