Show THE READERS READER'S READERS COURTROOM COURTROOM COURTROOM- I Grouchy Iceman Not at FIt Fault By Will Bernard LL.B. May Mayan an Iceman Frighten Children Away from His Truck An iceman was In a very grouchy mood one morning while making his Ws rounds As he walked out of ot a customers customer's back yard he noticed several children gathered around his bis truck grabbing little pieces of ice Hey you the iceman roared threateningly One little boy was so frightened that he ran into the street right in front of a passing car The child was injured and later a lawsuit was brought on his behalf behall against the iceman However the court decided that the theman theman theman man wasn't to blame for the mis- mis hap The judge said the iceman had a right to warn the children away from the truck and it wasn't his fault that one boy ran the wrong way S S SA A man went to a barber shop to have his shoes shined A As he was Vas getting down from the stand he lost his balance and tumbled to the floor Ioor When he got home and counted his bruises the man decided decided decided de de- de- de he had a damage claim against the barber He filed tiled sui suit suit- but the judge threw the case out of court The judge decided that a barber cant can't guarantee his customers custom custom- ers against any and all dangers dangers- and anyhow a person ought to tp beabLe beable be beable able to climb down from a a. shoeshine shoe shine thine stand by himself A truck driver parked in an alicy alley alley al al- al- al ley icy and got ready to unload a heavy bundle of ot cloth Without looking he lifted the package and pushed it off oft the truck at nt the same moment shouting Look Laok Lookout Lookout out A man walking by was hit by the bundle and suffered a broken broken broken bro bro- ken arm in the mishap Later the I victim sued the trucking company for damages and the court granted his Ms claim The judge ruled that the truck driver should have either looked first or hollered sooner S S S May Maya a Trolley Conductor Punch A Quarrelsome Passenger A fat man got into an argument with a street car conductor over a alost alost alost lost nickel The dispute waxed hotter and hotter and finally the theman theman theman man called the conductor a liar Promptly the latter doubled his fist and punched the hefty ger In the stomach Later the man tiled filed a damage suit for tur assault and battery The conductors conductor's defense was that the passenger had started the argument but the court held him liable anyhow The judge said that the conductor of a n public conveyance conveyance conveyance con con- must always treat his passengers with respect and l that didn't mean punching them Inthe in inthe inthe the stomach I |