INJURY TO SHOULDER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 94, 12 July 1927, Page 9

INJURY TO SHOULDER

JUDGMENT FOR DEFENCE CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION A claim for compensation brought by S. F. Cann against A. B. Wright and Sons, Ltd., in the Arbitration Court yesterday, failed against the defence that the case was not brought within the statutory six months’ period of the accident, and that no reasonable cause had been shown why it had not been brought. Cann had been employed by A. B. Wright and Sons, Ltd., for over 20 years when he fell and injured his shoulder. His Honour Mr. Justice Frazer presided. For the claim it was stated that Cann had afterwards been employed on light work by the company at £4 6s a week —the wage he had been getting before the accident. He had not been given any heavy work. For the defence it was claimed that the statutory limitation that action must be begun within six months disposed of the case. The defence had not shown that there was an agreement on the firm’s part to put Cann on light work. He had gone back to his usual work. There was no disability at present. Mr. W. 11. Wright, a director of A. B. Wright and Sons, Ltd., gave evidence that Cann had done his usual work when he came back after treatment for the injury to his shoulder. The work he was employed on was light work. His Honour gave judgment for the defendant. There was no doubt that plaintiff had suffered a general junctional disability to his shoulder, but plaintiff could not show any reasonable cause why he had not brought the claim within six months of the accident.