ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2422, 30 March 1915, Page 9

ARBITRATION COURT

COMPENSATION CASE.

p'/, Arbitration Court has delivered b*. Its decision m the compensation case in t which -the plaintiff was Duilo Picohi, I:- fish-ourer, of Wellington, the defender; ants being the Hawke's -Bay Fisheries' t Company, Ltd., fish merchants, of Wei's:' Mngton. . Mr.. P; J. O'Regan appeared 1- for Picchi, while Mr." T. Neave appeared r- ; for the company. |. The olaim set out that Picchi, while ' in the employ of the defendant company ' . °n .November 16, 1914, "was engaged in' c phaning 'and chopping fish,at 5.4 Cpur-. i: tenay; Place. During the course of this p employment a noxious germ or particle deleterious matter came into.contact .vith his 'left eye, and sot up therein a septic condition, as a result- of which ; Picchi was totally disabled for a period of ten weeks. In addition, Picchi sus- ;• tained a permanent, in jury, the sight of Mfc , e yo being totally and perman- . ently destroyed. His wages at the time of the occurrence had. been £3 10s. per week, and 'ln-Tespect of the injury'he c. claimed a .lump sum" of £230 10s. The defence was a oomplete denial ■of liability, _the_ defendant company saying that Picchi sustained no injury in the course of his employment. ; The Court, in its judgment, held that while working on the moniihg of November 16 some particle of matter was y projected into the plaintiff's eye, result- ■. lng in the' loss',of the eye. " The plaintiff was "therefore entitled to compen--53",'..0n, calculated in accordance with second schedule of the Act. -also t-o u l ' f wage's for the period of iis total incapacity luid the sum of £1 for medical expenses, and gave judgment for these amounts.!. The .Court added .that i it thought th& compensation was correct- . ly computed -in the plaintiff's statement of claim, but no doubt the parties could agree to the correct amount. ! If not, a further application oould he made to the Court to settle the amount. The plaintiff was also awarded £10 10s. costs, witnesses' expenses and disbursements.