LOSS OF A FOOT.
£730 COMPENSATION. LEGAL ARGUMENT DEFERREb. By Tclegrapn.—Press Association. Nelson, March 22. In the Supreme Court to-day a case was concluded, before Mr. Justice Denniston and a special jury in, which Joseph Kayo claimed £IOOO damages frqm the Westport Harbor Board for the loss of a foot as the result of an accident in Taurango Bay tunnel at Cape Foulwind. The jury awarded £750. Argument on a point raised for the defence, that the Workers' Compensation Act limits the compensation payable to £SOO, will be heard at Wellington next week.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1916, Page 5
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93LOSS OF A FOOT. Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1916, Page 5
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