McGeorge v New Zealand Breweries Limited - [1955] NZLR 113

Workers' Compensation — Accident arising Out of and In the Course of the Employment — Dermatitis — Malt-house Hand — Worker developing new Sensitivity to Moulds and to Dust — Worker given Light Work by Employer — Inability to work in Malthouse and Loss of Opportunity to Earn Overtime — Compensation based on Loss of Earnings by Reference to Average Weekly Earnings — Workers Entitled to have Estimate made of Compensation on Quasi-schedule Basis before Electing to take Such Compensation instead of Compensation based on Loss of Earnings — Workers' Compensation Act, 1922, s 3, 6 — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1947, s 41 (3).