COMPENSATION CLAIM
NO LIABILITY,
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CHRISTCHURCH, July 19
The Arbitration Court heard a claim for compensation- “under the Act by Elizabeth Coiitts, a widow 'of Christchurch, arising out of an accident in which John Coutts, a public works employee, received fatal injuries as the result of a landslip near Westport .on- April 3rd-, that swept over a camp owned by the Department. The Department denied .liability. The Court held that there was nothing to prevent Coutts from living in his own camp. When a man had a right, not a duty, to live in an .employer’s hut, the employer was not liable. Judgment was given for the Crown.,
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1932, Page 6
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111COMPENSATION CLAIM Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1932, Page 6
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