INJURED WORKERS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1071, 9 March 1911, Page 2

INJURED WORKERS

COMPENSATION CLAIMED. Three cases of workers' claims for com. pensation were mentioned before the Arbitration Court yesterday afternoon. Mr. Justice Sim presided, and had with him 011 the Bench, Mr. W. Scott and Mr. J. A. M'Cullough, representatives of tha employers and workers respectively.. In the case of M'Donald v. Union Steam Ship Company tho plaintiff was injured while loading the steamship. Rosamoud at Wellington oil , April 26, 1910.- Ills right leg was jammed between two hardwood telegraph poles, and he has sinco been totally incapacitated. The case was mentioned when tho Court opened on Monday last. Yesterday Mr. o'l?cgan, who appeared for plaintiff, informed tho Court that it had been settled by agreement between counsel. Mr. Levi represented the defendant company. • Iu tho case of Edward Payne v. the Union Steam Ship Company, plaintiff's case, ns set out in the statement of claim was that tho lumbar ligaments were ruptured by plaintiff straining himself whilo engaged in loading the s.s. Tarawera on March 21, 1910. Sinco that date plaintiff has received weekly payments, and, in view of his incapacity being total and permanent, he now applied for a lump sum aggregating about ji3lo. On tho case being called on yesterday, counsel intimated that the case had also been settled by agreement, and it was accordingly struck from the list. Mr. O'Regan appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Levi for tho Union Company. Regarding tho case of . Adeliue Hermansson v. Ross and Rons the facts wero somewhat peculiar. . Plaintiff . lost .her. right arm by an accident while in employ at defendant's rope works early in 1908. She titled" for' J2300 'under' the Act of 1900, and was awarded a weekly payment of 55., pending tho further review ■ of tlie Court. Plaintiff was married in May, 1909, aud in September following defendant discontinued tho payments. Negotiations for commutation into "a""lump sum having failed, plaintiff now asked the Court to commute the amount. Ilia Honour suggested that, inasmuch as there was really no basis before Ilia Court, it would be better if the parties negotiated further with a view to settling by agreement, but- Mr. O'Regan who appeared for plaintiff, pointed out that as his client was still an infant, it was not competent for her'to enter into u binding agreement, unless the some .were approved by the Court. After further discussion between couusel and the Court, the case was adjourned until tho next sitting of the Court at Wellington. l.r. ■ Levi represented the defendant; .n- I On Saturday the Court will hear an application to have medical evidence taken ill Wellington in connection with au.action bv Sidney St. John Lidiard ngaiust Frederick IretVOe, a claim for .£SOO, which will bo heard at New Plymouth on March 28.