| Show THE THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- Cant Can't Collect Bargain Bargin Damages By y Will Bernard LL.B. May a Shopper Collect I Damages if Knocked Down At a Bargain Sale A dry goods store ran a month- month end sale on bed linen and got results results re re- re- re suits far exceeding its fondest hopes A huge crowd gathered and began milling around Women screamed fainted a and n d e even eve V e n climbed up onto the During Dur Dur- lug ing the excitement one housewife housew e was knocked down a stairway LT L. L r b. b A Though not badly hurt she determined determined determined deter deter- mined to sue the store for damages She claimed that the company should have taken special measures to prevent this kind of ot accident However the the court rejected her suit The judge pointed out that the store tore had no reason to expect such sucha a violent response to the sale salet May a ci Child Collect Damages If Hurt in a Revolving Door A young boy suffered a sprained wrist when he caught it in the re revolving door of ot a hotel His parents parents par par- eats sued the management on the boys boy's behalf behal claiming that such a II adoor adoor door was dangerous because it was wasso so tempting to children They insisted insisted in in- that the hotel ought to have havea a guard posted by the door door md and to V have it locked when the guard wasn't there However the cour court V rejected their then claim The judge Judg t aid it wasn't fair to the hotel k- k 1 Is s a Fire Engine Driver Liable for Reckless Driving On the way to a fire a fire engine engine engine en en- gine sideswiped a parked taxicab The Tie cabbie was injured and later sued the fire engine driver for damages The fireman protested that he was not personally responsible responsible sible ible for something that happened in the course of his urgent public duty However the court ruled that was no excuse and held him liable for lor or reckless driving S S S SIs Is s a Beekeeper Responsible If f His us Bees Dees Attack a Mule A farmer set up a beehive alongside alongside alongside along along- side his back fence right close to the favorite grazing spot of ot his neighbors neighbor's mule One hot day the bees sees lit out after the mule and stung him so badly that he died When the neighbor sued for the value of the beast the farmer I protested th that the he was not to blame i t for what his bees had done However However However How How- ever when he admitted that the same bees had once attacked his own mule too the court decided to hold him responsible The judge said that since the farmer knew his bees were vicious he should not have stationed them so close to the neighbors neighbor animaL |
