DAMAGES CLAIM SUCCEEDS AGAINST CROWN
GISBORNE, Aug. 16. The full amount claimed, £2270 darnages, was awarded by a jury in tne Supreme Court to Richard I snerwood Stephens in his action agamso the Crown, arismg from in- : ] uries he suiTered in a colhsion on • aie East Coast Highway iast Sepi tember. j Trucxs driven by Stephens and a i Post and Telegraph Department J employee were involved in a glancI ing eoliision, as a result of which | Stephens' right eibow was shatter- { ed and his arm rendered practicaily useless. The jury held that the eoliision was due to the negligence of the dnver of the P. and T. truck.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19470816.2.19
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 16 August 1947, Page 5
Word Count
109DAMAGES CLAIM SUCCEEDS AGAINST CROWN Chronicle (Levin), 16 August 1947, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in