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JUDGE’S RULING IN £2OOO DAMAGES CASE (P.A.) Wellington, April 20. William Laurence Jackson, who was seriously injured by a revolving airscrew at the De Havilland aircraft factory, Wellington, where he was employed as a fitter on August 21, 1943, obtained a jury’s verdict for £2OOO damages. Mr. Justice Smith to-day, gave a reserved judgment setting aside the jury’s verdict and deciding in favour of the company. The Judge said Jackson lost his right to damages because, at the time | he was injured, he had no right to be where he was.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 94, 21 April 1944, Page 3
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