Westport-Stockton Coal Co Ltd v Watterson - [1918] NZLR 177

Master and Servant — Negligence — Injury to Employee in Coal-mine — Acceptance of Payments under Workers' Compensation Acts — Whether Action for Damages barred by such Acceptance — Finding of Negligence — Inefficiency of Evidence — Remoteness of Damage — Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, s 43 — Coal-mines Act, 1908, s 60 (4).