STUDENTS’ INSURANCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 827, 22 November 1929, Page 9

STUDENTS’ INSURANCE

TECHNICAL COLLEGE BOARD'S LIABILITY ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES \ What method of meeting compcnsitI tion claims of Seddon Memorial Tu-li- • nical College students, who ar*_ injured | in accidents, should l>e adopted by tho i hoard of management—insurance woii j a company, creation of a sp« • ia! fund, j or reliance on the board's funds t 1 I to the principal. Mr. G. Park, a policy j for £1,600 covering all student- l« r I accident, had been taken out. It w.is Sugg : land Technical Edu* ition Association ! should create a fund to all • i would bo unnecessary. Insura nee polici ! the Westport and Creymouth Technical College Boards, and the W- lliieI ton Technical <'n!l* e Board • ’ one .. - j had had the experience «-f the Jii in rt - • fusing to pay eonii*’ nsution to injured ; students because the board. - i legally liable. A < impensation fund - Technical i • sidered the board was logaiiy i only in unusual circumstan* f > -*cd • l would stand behind tic. board. Alternative proposals were submii- ! ted by Mr. Park. H recommend 'd 1 first the establish™ *nl of a so «_-ial compensation fund by payment of £ 1*» ; a year to be used to met t claims v. re re .. . ! tively, that the board should i«!;* lely • • : • endeavour to induce the department u» ‘ accept liability should these funds bo | inadequate. j Legal opinion is to be- obtained <••: - i ceraing the personal liability ol m< others should the funds be insufficient