P. A. CHOUDHARY, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal is filed by the claimant in O. P. No. 346 of 1978 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Rajahmundry, complaining against an order of compensation passed by it limiting the liability only to the respondents 1 and 2, who are the driver and the owner respectively, o the lorry and holding the third respondent, the Original Fire and General Insurance Company Limited, Hyderabad, free from the obligation to meet the claim under the award.

( 2 ) ONE Lanka Viswanatham, aged 18 years, was working as a cooly earning Rs. 10. 00 to Rs. 12. 00 per day. The said Viswanatham met his premature death on 28-1276 while working as a cooly on the lorry A. A. T. 2338 owned by the second respondent herein. On 28-12-76 the said Viswanatham was hired along with other coolies for the purpose of loading and unloading stones from the Hindustan Quarry to the coffer dam on the Godavary at Dowleswaram. While the lorry was proceedings to the coffer dam site, it turned turtle due to rash and negligent driving, killing Viswanatham. Viswamanthams mother had filed the above O. P. 346 of 1978 claiming compensation of Rs. 30,000. 00 against the lorry driver as well as t

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