Show THE READERS courtroom spare m the rod stay out of court by will bernard may yo you u spank the neighbors child A five year old boy got mad at the 18 month old girl next door and 1 gave her a couple of slaps the little girls father who happened to td see tho the incident rushed up in a fury ile he not only shoved thi the e boy n away from the baby but gave him a severe whipping as well later a damage suit was tiled in the boys name against the tha babas father and the court ruled that the man was indeed liable tho the judge said sald there was groat provocation but no justification he explained that the tha father had a right to protect his child against attack but had no right to take rev revenge engol for mis chief already done could you Yow collect disability if well enough to visit the doctor A bank clerk cleric took out some disability insurance payable afi lt he be should bo be strictly confined to his house by sickness some time tim later he be contracted an eye disease desens that forced him to q buu 11 1 work jle he had to stay in the house cuse at all times except for occasional trips trip with hla his wife to the doctors office the insurance company refused to pay him anything on the ground that he was not not strictly confined to his bis house however How evert when the matter was taken to court the insurance company was ordered to pay up the judge figured that if a man do any an more than go to tho the doctors office he was wa a sick nick fellow A very pretty blondo suffered a knee injury in a bus accident and sued tho the bun bug company for or damages at the trial her lawyer put her on the witness stand and asked her to exhibit her knoo knee to the all malo male jury tho the companas comp anys attorney immediately protested that because of the witness unusual beauty such an exhibition would unduly influence the jury on her behalf IID however the court overruled this objection and ol al lowed the jury to seo see tho the girls knee if your cob cab driver drivers Dri veris is reckless should you speak up after working tato late at tho the office a businessman called a cab to take him home on the way a gale sprang up the wind was so fierce that brunches trees and even telephone poles came crashing down heedless edless of danger the cabbie even slow down the businessman was frightened but decided to sit tight and say nothing pretty soon the cab rounded a curve and smacked right into a 1 fallen iree the tha passenger was thrown against the front seat coat and suffered a dislocated shoulder later he sued the tha cab company for damages saying that the driver should have been more careful out but the court dented denied his claimon the ground that the passenger was equally at fault the ile judge said that when the danger la Is obvious the passenger should have enough gumption to tell the driver to slow low iowne |