ARBITRATION COURT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2681, 10 December 1909, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT.

COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS.

[Peh Press Association.! DUNEDIN, Dec. 9. The Arbitration Court gave an award in the case of Buckland v. Murray Roberts and Co., heard to-day. The plaintiff alleged that, while working as a laborer in the defendants’ grain store, he was assisting to lift a- bale of comsacks on to a dray, when he was subjected to a heavy strain, which produced aneurism of the aorta. The medical evidence was reviewed and the . Court held that the existence of an aneurism had not been shown. It had been shown, however, that, the plaintiff suffered from neurasthenia, and the question was whether this came from, the accident and the Court thought that this must have been caused by the accident which happened in April. The plaintiff had worked since the Novem- .. ber previous and if he had heart- trouble he would not have been able to do the heavy work of a laborer in a grain' store. After the accident he was not well and suffered from occasional giddiness, and ultimatelv had to give up work. The plaintiff was awarded a lump sum of £SO with costs £lO 10s, .

and disbursements. In the case Simmons v. TTambert Bros., works proprietors, plaintiff, in July last, was tipping clay -nto rollers and while endeavoring to take out stone, with a hook, his hand got into the rollers and his right hand was injured. The defence was serious and wilful misconduct in not stopping the macliiner— when removing: stones, xhe Court- held that misconduct had not been proved, and the plaintiff was, therefore, entitled to compensation. He lost two joints of the index fiijger and the second and third fingers are now so stiff and contracted as to be useless. Judgment was that plaintiff must be subject to curative treatment recommended by two medical witnesses and in the meantime he will be allowed compensation £1 2s 6d per week till a further order of the Court.