BIG CLAIM FAILS
SEQUEL TO MOTOR ACCIDENT.
AUCKLAND, Monday. A claim for more than £IOOO damages was made in the Supreme Court as a sequel to a motor accident which occurred in Anzac Avenue on Ist May of last year. On that date Hector Percy John Shaw, of Tauranga, retired Lieutenant-Colonel of the Indian Army, was knocked down and severely injured by a motor-car driven by Albert Leslie Bullen. Shaw claimed £BOO general damages and £212/14/- for hospital and medical expenses from Bullen. Plaintiff claimed that the accident was due to the excessive speed of defendant ’s car and other negligence of defendant, but defendant denied negligence, and alleged that the accident was duo to plaintiff’s failure to exercise reasonable care in crossing the street.
The jury gave a verdict for defendant. —(P-A.j
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 February 1935, Page 4
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