Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- Loafing Worker Not Compensated By y Will Bernard LL.B. LL.B.- If a Workman Gets Hurt While Loafing May He Collect Compensation A man worked as a night watchman watchman watchman watch 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 andI and I I 7 turn Suddenly the chair tipped over and dumped its occupant right out the window I Luckily the window window win win- dow wasn't far tar above the ground so BO the man wasn't seriously injured However he be filed a claim for workmen's workmen's work work- mens men's compensation for for the cuts and bruises he h had ld suffered But the court granted him nothing The judge said a man an cannot expect tobe to tobe tobe be compensated for an injury that happened while he was loafing instead instead in in- stead of working A housewife had an insurance policy p paying ying 25 per month in case she became totally totany disabled When she developed a severe case of arthritis in both feet the woman I put in a claim for the insurance The company refused to pay insisting in that she was not totally disabled The woman admitted she could do a little housework occasionally occasionally oc oc- but she said said and and her doctor confirmed confirmed that that t she was In Inconstant Inconstant inconstant constant agony whenever she was wason wason wason on her feet The court CO decided that she was entitled to the money Is a Grocer to Blame If a Customer Is Bitten by a Dog A man walked into a grocery store one morning with a bulldog on a le leash The dog stood quietly while his master made a purchase Suddenly without warning the animal ani ani- animal mal snapped at a woman customer leaving tooth marks in her leg The woman sued the grocer for damages damages dam dam- ages blaming him for allowing such a beast in the store However the court turned down her claim The judge said that until the woman oman had actually been bitten the grocer had no way of ot knowing that the dog had such a D anasty anasty nasty disposition If a Scrubwoman Kneels On An 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 loor she accidentally put one Tn 1 l kl k knee down upon an upturned bottie bottle bottle bot bot- tle tie cap Painfully cut she sued the tavern owner for damages However However However How How- ever the court held beld the owner not liable The Judge pointed out that bottle caps are nothing unusual on the floor of at a tavern tavern tavern-so so the woman should have been more careful where she knelt |