DAMAGES GRANTED
INJURY TO GIRL. WELLINGTON, September 23. General damages, amounting to £45 Avere awarded Thelma Boyle by. Mr ,\V. H. Wcdward, S.M., >'a reserved judgment in the Lpweaf'.Hutb Court. Plaintiff, an infant of eleven years of age, had sued. A. H, Lees by .her next: friend for £l3l. Is sp-cial and general damages for aPv.acQidgnt which pc. ourred to Jipr last ; May, The 'magistrate fixed judgment foj* plaintiff for a total, sum of £63 .19s- ~- r;: Ori the date in question tne plaid--tiff Avas struck andffnopked d°Avn by a signboard which, had been dislodged by the Avind from. defendant’s, service station with the result that hey right leg was broken,” said the magistrate in his judgement. “The blowing a.way of the board -Was, an. occurrence that could have been prevented ,by the securing of it, which ivould not have been difficult.
“The occurrence was not an act or God. It is obvious that there actually was lack of care. The plaintiff, I find was not a trespasser. She did not contribute to the occurrence by any negligence of her own and she would in the ordinary case be entitled to damages.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1932, Page 6
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192DAMAGES GRANTED Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1932, Page 6
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