A COMPENSATION CLAIM
A remarkable defence. £Per Press Association)! INVERCARGILL, last night. Ail unusual defence was set up in a case under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, before the Arbitration Court, in respect to the. deatli of Robert Attwood, .inn., for which Lis. father is claiming £2-10 compensation from Smith Bros., threshing mill owners. Deceased was removing a chock wheel of the traction engine, which ran back, crushing his leg so severely that he died. The defence raised was that Atwood was not employed by defendants, but was following the mill, and making his own terms with the farmers, who paid the men their wages, and that if deceased did anything about the mill, he was simply trespassing, or else doing voluntary Work to further his own ends. Mr Justice Cooper said that the case was an important one, and his decision was reserved.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19030627.2.7
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 927, 27 June 1903, Page 1
Word Count
143A COMPENSATION CLAIM Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 927, 27 June 1903, Page 1
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in