James v Williams (State Fire Insurance General Manager Third Party) - [1951] NZLR 290

Insurance — Employers' Indemnity — Worker injured while travelling in Truck on Public Highway to take up Employment — Use of Means of Transport authorized by Employer — Damages for Negligence awarded against Employer — Worker in Course of Employment — Employer indemnified against Common-law Liability — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1947, ss 11 (1), 45 (1).

Practice — Third-party Procedure — Action by Worker alleging Employer's Negligence — Insurer added as Third Party and pleading to Third-party Notice and denying Liability — Directions as to Mode of having Issues between Defendant and Third Party determined.