Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- Loafing leafing Worker Not Compensated By y Will Bernard LL.B. If a Workman Gets Hurt While Loafing May He Collect Compensation A man worked as a night watchman watch man in a machinery warehouse One warm night feeling drowsy he placed a chair by an open window and settled down for a nap During his slumber he began to twist and ij 1 I I V turn Suddenly the chair tipped over and dumped its occupant right out the window I Luckily the window window window win win- dow wasn't far above the ground so the man wasn't seriously injured However he be filed a claim for workmen's workmen's workmen's work work- mens men's for compensation for the cuts and bruises he had suffered But the court granted him nothing The judge said a man cannot expect to be compensated for an injury that happened while he was loafing instead instead in in- stead of working A housewife had an Insurance I policy paying 25 per month in case she became totally disabled When she d developed a severe case of arthritis In both feet the woman put in a claim for the insurance The company refused to pay insisting Insisting in In- In that she was not totally disabled The woman admitted she could do little a housework occasionally oc oc- oc but she said-and said he her doctor confirmed that confirmed that she was inconstant in inconstant inconstant constant agony whenever she waon wa was wason was on her feet The court decided that hat she was entitled to the money Is s a Grocer to Blame If f a Customer Customers Is s Bitten by a Dog A man walked into a grocery store tore one morning with a bulldog on a leash The dog stood quietly while his master made a purchase Suddenly without warning the animal animal animal ani ani- mal snapped at a woman customer leaving caving tooth marks in her leg The woman sued the grocer for Cor dam dam- ages blaming him for tor allowing such a beast in the store However the court turned down her claim The judge said that until the woman had actually been bitten sitten the grocer had no way of knowing that the dog had such a anasty anasty anasty nasty disposition e eIf If a Scrubwoman Kneels On a Bottle Cap May She Collect Damages A small tavern hired a woman to scrub the floors every evening after the place closed One night while the woman was scouring the floor she accidentally put one r S 1 r knee down upon an upturned bottie hottie bot hot tie tle cap Painfully cut she sued the tavern owner for or damages However How How- ever the court held the owner no not liable The Judge pointed out that tha bottle caps are arc nothing unusual on the floor of a ta tavern tavern tavern-so vern-so vern so the woman should have been more careful where she knelt knell |