Point of Law
A point of law reserved by Mr. Justice Fair in the Wellington Supreme Court, foilowing an award by a jury of £625 general damages and £61 18s special damages to Charles Petterson, a gardener, aged 63, for injnry to an eye, has been decided in favour of Petterson and judgment for damages entered accordingly. The claim for damages followed an incident in the Royal Oak Hotel when a splinter from a piece of glass thrown by the barman at another man, entered Petterson's eye. The legal* point involved the question whether the Royal Oak Hotel Limited was liable for the act of the barman, it being argued that his action was an expression of personal- resentment and anger. His Honour held 'the company was liable.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 August 1947, Page 5
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128Point of Law Chronicle (Levin), 23 August 1947, Page 5
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