Show THE READERS READER S COURT ROOM drawback to idling by will bernard ma may you get into trouble by doing nothing at all two coeds went swimming at a lake resort but soon lost sight of each other in the water when one ot of the girls was unable to locate her companion she became alarmed and reported her fears to the proprietor ot of the beach he replied she is probably on the shore look around lor for her the AC man made no effort to help find the missing girl that evening her body was recovered from the bottom ot of the lake the victims family later filed a damage suit against the proprietor in his defense he be argued that a person cant be held liable just tor for doing nothing at all however the court disagreed and made him pay damages to the bereaved family the judge said there are times when a person has no right to stand by and do nothing and this was one of those times 0 A woman was speeding past an amber signal when a taxi hit the side of her car her auto swung out of oi control and ana crashed into the porch of a house bouse miraculously no one was hurt but the owner of the house sued both the woman I 1 and the taxi driver for or damages the cabbie admitted his guilt but the woman plead innocent how ever the court decided she was just as responsible as the cab driver and had to pay part ot of the cost if she been speeding hr her car have rolled so tar far A woman was driving along a narrow side street when she came to a main thoroughfare she noticed a car coming but since it ft was still some distance away she started across just then the oncoming car suddenly speeded api upi there was a crash and the man driving the other car was hurt later he sued the woman for damages insisting that he had the right of way however the court exonerated the woman woma n from all blame the ludge judge said the man should have proceeded with caution may a convicted killer get a new trial on a mere technicality A young man was arrested on a charge ot of murdering his sweetheart the trial lasted for several days finally drawing to an end late saturday afternoon anxious to wind up the case the judge immediately began giving his instructions to the jury he talked ta aked and talked and talked until 10 minutes after midnight now it so happened that the local law prohibited any court sessions on sunday when the jury brought in a guilty verdict the convicted youth tiled filed an appeal on the basis ot of this 10 minute overlap into sunday morning and the court v very L ry reluctantly granted him a brand new trial the judge said it was as just as wrong to break the rules wg by y 1 10 minutes as by 10 hours I 1 |