KARORI ACCIDENT
BOY AWARDED DAMAGES. An award of £5OB/8/- was made by a jury in the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday in favour of an eight-year-old boy, John Ross Baxter Wilson. who was injured in an accident at Karori. The boy proceeded, through his father. Peter Livingstone Wilson, clerk, Karori, against Marshall's Farm Products, Ltd., Wellington, claiming £758/8/- damages.
The accident happened about 5 p.m. on November 23. 1337. For plantiff it was alleged that defendant's lorry was being driven along the main road at Karori negligently and unskilfully so that the lorry or portion of its load which projected, struck plaintiff while he was crossing the road on foot. He suffered severe personal injuries, including a wound on his face, a fracture of a bone in the face and fracture of a bone in the face and fractures of his left forearm and left collarbone. The negligence was said to consist of excessive speed, failure to keep a look-out, allowing the load to protrude, failure to give warning and failure to keep control of the vehicle. The boy had been facially disfigured permanently.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 April 1938, Page 8
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