COMPENSATION SETTLED
INJURED WORKMAN’S CLAIM
A claim for compensation by a ■waterside worker, Archibald Wallace Young (Mr. Sullivan) against Nearing Company," Ltd. (Mr. Bagnall), in the Arbitration Court, was settled yesterday by agreement between tho Parties.
. The plaintiff was injured in assistin the unloading of the Port Alma Frince’s Wharf on August 2. 1929. «© was removing a section of th«» ship’s railing, when it came away sada©my, causing him to lose his balance ?na fall into the harbour. In falling ha struck the lower stringer of tho wharf, and he claimed he fractured hi* H *uill, resulting in permanent tota” oss of hearing in the left ear and braln y t 0 the risht €ar and tC> th< * , Compensation at the rate of £3 Ss 5d hhd been paid until January 17, 1930. hut the defendant firm denied that Plaintiff had fractured his skull or had his hearing through the accident. ,Th© court entered judgment for Plaintiff in the terms agreed upon, granting him four months’ full compensation from January 17, and 15 per rJJ** of full compensation for permanent partial disablement for the remainder of the statutory period. Costs amounting to £lO 10s were allowed. £6 16s for witnesses.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 7
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200COMPENSATION SETTLED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 7
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