COMPENSATION CLAIM.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1921, Page 6

COMPENSATION CLAIM.

A CONFUSED VERDICT. By Telegraph. —Pre<« Association Wellington, June 25. The sequel to the case in which Guy Leslie Fulton was charged with manslaughter arising out of the death of a man named Huskisson and in which the jury several times disagreed, has been occupying the attention of Mr. Justice Sim and a special jury for some days. Ethel Rebecca Huskisson, deceased’s wife, claimed £3OOO damages from Fulton. Huskisson was a passenger in a gig driven by James Richard Croft on October 2, 1920, and with this conveyance the motor car driven by Fulton collided. Huskisson was taken to the Wellington Hospital with a broken leg and died in the institution on November 24 after an operation. After a retirement of four hours the jury found: (1) Defendant was guilty of negligence by driving at excessively high speed; (2) Croft’s gig was not properly lighted (3) the. collision was caused by defendant’s negligence, also by reason of the gig not having been properly lighted; (4) Huskisson’s death was not the natural or probable result of defendant's negligence; (5) his death was not caused by negligence in the treatment at the hospital; (6) plaintiff was entitled to receive damages amounting to £B5O. As the result of the jury’s answers both counsel moved for judgment. His Honor said he would let the case stand over for a motion for judgment and adjourned further consideration.