SUCCESSFUL CLAIM
COMPENSATION FOR BABY. Success attended a claim made at Shoreditch County Court involving the 1 right of a posthumous baby to compensation for the death of its father. Mrs R. Sinclair claimed under the Workmen’s Compensation Act in respect of the death of her husband, who was employed by Mr Albert Ewer, I cartage contractor, Shoreditch Mrs |Sinclair’s husband Hied in May as the j result of an accident and the baby was [born in December. I Mrs Sinclair was awarded £3OO compensation, but also claimed in respect of her' child. Mr A. E. Robinson, fci Mrs Sinclair, now intimated th:.r the employer did not dispute the right of the child to compensation and had offered £243 12s. Judge Cluer, in giving judgment for this amount, declared that he was satisfied that the award was adequate.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19840, 14 May 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)
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138SUCCESSFUL CLAIM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19840, 14 May 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)
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