BREACH OF DUTY IN NURSING CASE IS ESTABLISHED.
BUT S.M. HOLDS NURSE ENTITLED TO FEES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 22. 'The magistrate, Mr M’Kean, gave judgment this morning in an action brought by Nurse Blanche Donald, of Auckland, for nursing fees amounting to £9 1 Is, against Thomas Clarke, a mill hand at Mamaku, in respect of the birth of Mrs Clarke’s baby, which died the day after birth. Clarke coun-ter-claimed for £63 12s Sd, damages, alleging negligence. A lengthy written judgment concluded: —“I am of opinion that a breach of duty is established, but the evidence does not establish that Mrs Clarke’s condition is the direct or approximate result of that breach. The husband, therefore, is entitled to only nominal damages, £l, with Court costs and witnesses’ expenses. “The slight annoyances of which Mrs Clarke complains are insufficient to disentitle plaintiff to be paid, except a deduction for the first day, and judgment therefore is given for Nurse Donald for £9 on the claim.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18188, 22 June 1927, Page 5
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