A WORKER'S INJURY.
AWARDED COMPENSATION. 9f Mtfrapi) —Press Association Auckland, Last Night. The Arbitration Court has forwarded to Auckland its judgment in a compensation case, David Remnant v. H. Dempsey, coal merchant. The plaintiff was incapacitated from work following an accident which hapred to him in May, 1010, while he was defendant's employ, but the matter was complicated because he was suffering at the time from arterio calerosis (progresriTe hardening of arteries), which was hound to incapacitate him sooner or later. Ise question for the Court wag whether he should be awarded a lump mm in respect of future incapacity in place of a weekly allowance Weh a* he had received since hie accident. The Court decided that the probable period of incapacity from the accident was two years, and awarded a lump sum of £BOO to coVer that period, reserving the right to plaintiff's dependents to claim compensation should he die Within that period, on the ground that Us death was due to the effects of the accident.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1920, Page 5
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169A WORKER'S INJURY. Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1920, Page 5
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