CLAIM FOR INJURIES
FROM BURST SEPARATOR.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, February 10. In the Supreme Court, in the case of Charles Avery Ashwin versus "J, B. MacEwan and Co., the jury awarded £207 for injuries received by the plaintiff through the bursting of a milk separator. Plaintiff purchased from defendant a separator which burst while it was in operation, portions of the bowl flying out and inflicting permanent injuries to his right arm. Plaintiff attributed the accident to tho failure of the screw joint in the bowl of the separator, which he contended was too weak. Defendant declared tlie plaintiff must have put the bowl together wrongly, causing it to wobble when it revolved and eventually fly out of the machine. The jury found the separator was not reasonably suited for the purpose for which it was supplied, and that there was no negligence on the part of the defendant or his servant. Defendant's counsel intimated that he would move for a nonsuit, and argument on legal points will probably be heard to-morrow.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2692, 11 February 1916, Page 9
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173CLAIM FOR INJURIES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2692, 11 February 1916, Page 9
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