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Surname
DONELLY
Forename
Francis
Day
26
Month
03
Year
1919
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dalkeith
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co.
Location
Dalkeith
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
26 March 1919: Workmen's Compensation - House of Lords and Breach of Rules - Court of Session Decisions Reversed - The House of Lords yesterday reversed the judgement of the First Division of the Court of Session in three appeals arising out of the Workmen's Compensation Act which raised the question, whether or not a workman who did something in breach of prohibitions took himself outside of the sphere of his employment. In the other case, A. G. Moore & Co., coal masters, Dalkeith, appealed against an award by Sheriff-Substitute Guy, confirmed by the First Division, in favour of Francis Donelly, High Street, Dalkeith. In contravention of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order, Donelly, on 26th March 1919, returned to the shot hole within ten minutes when one of the two shots failed to go off. On his return, the unexploded shot blew off in his face, and he was permanently disabled. The Courts below found that Donelly was not debarred from obtaining compensation. The House of Lords yesterday allowed the appeal of the employers in all three cases. [Scotsman 18 December 1920]