SUPREME COURT
| | CLAIM FOR. DAMAGES. j By Telegraph—Press' Association. ' Palmerston jST., Friday. The Supreme Court was engaged yesterday hearing an action in which Eran- ■ cis Ediward Careon sued Keeling and Mundy for £1'578, damages arising out of an accident at defendants' 'printing works. On June 14, 1911, plaintiff was working a printing machine and 'his: righthand was crushed, allegedly through the. faulty action of the machine, and ih' consequence the -hand and a part of the arm ;were amputated. The machine was alleged! to.he deficient in several respects. Special damages amounting to £7B and general damages of £ISOO werec laiined. Defendants denied that at the time of ■the accident the machine was not in a reasonably safe condition, as far as was possible; also that any existing defects, could (have caused or contributed to .plaintiff's injury. They alleged that .plaintiff..had [negligently, carelessly and incautiously permitted' his hand to remain too long on one of the plates of the machine while it was working, 'thus causing Ms hand to he erasfted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 289, 3 June 1912, Page 3
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170SUPREME COURT Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 289, 3 June 1912, Page 3
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