An appeal by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd, of Preston, against an award of £1579 damages made at Liverpool Assizes to a widow whose husband was a bus driver in their employ was allowed by the Court of Appeal on Dec. 20. The award was made to Mrs. Veronica Radcliffe, whose husband, Eric Charles Rad-diffe, was killed by a bus driven by a man named Jones, who was employed By he Ribble Company states the "Manchester Guardian."
Mr, Justice Hawke held that the doctrine of "common employment" did not apply.
Ribble Motor Services challenged this decision, though they admitted that Mrs, Radcliffe was entitled to an additional sum of £500 for the loss of her husband's expectation of life if the judgment was sustained.
Lord Justice Greer, in his judgment, recalled that in William Brown Street Radcliffe's bus stopped and he got out to see what was wrong. Jones endeavoured to pass to see what was wrong and if necessary, to assist He did not see Radcliffe, and Radeliffe was crushed and died. In his. (the Lord Justice's) view the weight of authority was in favour of the conclusion that the two men were in common employment at the time within the meaning of the doctrine as applied in the decided cases.
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