FRENCH MOTOR RACE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENTS DAMAGES AGAINST CLUB. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright PARIS, February 28. (Received February 29, at 12.55 p.m.). During the Boulogne-sur-Mcr race in 15)27 a British automobile crashed into the crowd, killing a gendarme and seriously injuring two spectators. In the absence of a representative of the British car who could bo sued, the dependents of the victims sued the Automobile Club. The Appeal Court decided that as the dub was holding the, race it assumed the responsibility ol all risks, and awarded tbo gendarme’s widow i 1,200 and his two children £4OO each. —A. and N.Z. and ‘Sun ’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19803, 29 February 1928, Page 6
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104FRENCH MOTOR RACE Evening Star, Issue 19803, 29 February 1928, Page 6
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