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Show I THE READER'S COURTROOM , Zealous Doc Caught on Tonsil By Will Bernard, LL.B. Do Tonsils Have a Dollar Value? A businessman went to a sur-jjkion sur-jjkion for a nose operation. While he was under anesthesia, the doctor doc-tor decided that the man's tonsils were in bad shape and removed them. Later the man sued the sur- May a Careless Driver Collect Damages if Hurt in an Accident? Speeding along a country road, a motorist swung out to pass the car ahead driven by a woman. Despite his honking, the woman did not slow down at all. In a sudden sud-den rage, the man cut in sharply and a little too soon. The two cars tangled and both of them skidded into a ditch. Despite the woman's carelessness, the court granted her claim. Are You a "Trespasser" If You Enter Someone's Property by Mistake? Motoring at night on a dark country coun-try road, a man took a wrong turn and drove out onto a dock. Thinking Think-ing it was a bridge, he kept going until he plunged off the end, right into the water. Luckily, he managed man-aged to break a car window and swim to safety. He later brought a damage suit ag.iinst the dock geon for removing the tonsils without with-out permission. The doctor argued that, even though he may have been hasty, no harm had been done because tonsils weren't worth anything any-thing anyhow! However, the court sustained a jury verdict of $2,000. The jury said: "The law presumes that every organ in the human body has some function to perform even though medical science has not ascertained it." Must a Trolley Conductor Help a Fat Woman Down from the Car? The conductor of a trolley was busy collecting tickets, when the car stopped at a corner. One of the passengers who wanted to get off was a 207-pound woman. Rather than wait for the conductor to come and help her, she started to disembark. dis-embark. But she tripped on the edge of the step and tumbled down. Injured, she later sued the trolley company for damages. She argued helped. The court ruled otherwise. owner, blaming him for not putting up some kind of warning signal. However, the court rejected the motorist's claim, on the ground that he had "trespassed" on the dock. The judge said that, although the man had driven onto the dock by mistake, he was still technically a trespasser and thus had no kick coming. |