SUPREME COURT
JUDGE’S DECISION
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
GISBORNE, Nov. 21
Holding that plaintiffs had not proved negligence on the part of defendants, .Justice Ostler gave judgment for defendants at the Supreme Court in the action in which Percy and Gordon Breitman (son and father) claimed ;C3(M.) damages for an injury to Percy ;n lad of 14 years’) who lost Jour fingers in a mincing machine at defendant’s butrhorv.
His Honour expressed the opinion it was not negligence on the part of the employer, not to know the machine was defective, when the defect was not reported by the employee. The Judge awarded £415, less costs of the action, as full compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1929, Page 5
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116SUPREME COURT Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1929, Page 5
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