COMPENSATION COURT
- ■■ ♦ JUDGMENT IN GREYMOUTH CASE A dispute between Thomas Perclval Shaw and the Crown as to the amount of damages payable to the suppliant for Injuries received while working for the New Zealand Railways Department at Greymoulh has been completed in a judgment deUvere.d by Mr Justice O’Regan. In summing up, his Honour said:— “My conclusion is that the Crown has treated the suppliant literally by paying full weekly compensation to date. As for any permanent Injury, though I am not sure that there will' be any reduction of earning capacity, the suppliant is entitled to the benefit of doubt. I think, however, that 10 per cent, of full compensation Is an adequate estimate, being a weekly payment of 7s 2.7 d commuted for the remainder of the period of liability. To date 34 weeks have elapsed since total incapacity supervened, leaving a balance of 279 weeks, and the weekly payment commuted for that period, makes a lump sum of £BB 7s 6d to
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23965, 4 June 1943, Page 3
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165COMPENSATION COURT Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23965, 4 June 1943, Page 3
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