DAMAGES AWARDED.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 8

DAMAGES AWARDED.

OVIR £2BOO INVOLVED. ___.— COMPANY ADMITS NEGLIGENCE. ___..— (By Telegraph—Press Association.» PALMERSTON .\'.. Tuesday. Liability for damages, the amount of whlr'h the jury was asked to assess. was admitted in a claim for 522300 general and £lO9 (is special damages. hi'uuirht by Mrs Edith .\tzitllda liodason, of Whakaronga. against the llawke‘s Bay Fartncrs' .\leat Company, Ltd.. in the Supreme Court. Plaintiff. in her statement of claim. set out that defendant company was the owner of a car \\'llif‘h on Decemher 1?), i 932». was under bailment in) Mrs Catherine Orrdlraig. It. was alleged that the latter‘s agent. E. F. Stubbs. so negligently and unskilfully drove the car on the main highway at the intersection of the Stoney Creek and Napier Roads that it collided with plaintiff. who was cycling. Plaintiff “as severely injured and was in hos—pital for 5"! days. She was permanently (laiormed and unable to carry out her duties and would be compelled to employ assistance. Defendant company. in its statement of defence. admitted the allegations but denied the ran- was unrler hail—ment. it admitted it “as liabl:l in pay plaintiff a reasonable sum as damages referable to arts of negligence, After the medical midenre was heard the jury awarded the full amount claimed.