CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
A TIMARU CASE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) TIMARU, Tuesday. Tho Supremo Court session opened to-day. There were no criminal cases, but two civil claims for damages for personal injury. It being Mr Justice Herdma-n's first visit, he was welcomed by the Bar and congratulated on his elevation. One case occupied all day. Plaintiff, a young man, sued for £700 damages. He was riding a motor cycle on a country road in September, 1916, and ran into a horse and gig which defendant had left ou the roadside unattended and unlighted. Plaintiff sustained serious and permanent injury and is still under treatment; £200 of the claim is for medical attendance. The jury awarded hospital costs of £350. The case to-morrow is a claim by a passenger for injuries through a car accident .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13604, 31 July 1918, Page 5
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133CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13604, 31 July 1918, Page 5
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