| Show THE READERS COURTROOM loafing worker not compensated by will bernord bernard if a workman gets hurt while loafing may he collect compensation A man worked as a night watchman in a machinery warehouse one warm night feeling drowsy he be placed a chair by an open window and settled down for a nap during his slumber he began to twist and turn suddenly the chair tipped over and dumped its occupant right out the window luckily the window far above the ground so the man seriously injured however he filed a claim for work mens compensation lor for the cuts and bruises he had suffered but the court granted him nothing the judge said a man cannot expect to be compensated for an injury that happened while be was loafing instead of working A housewife had an insurance policy paying 25 per month in case she became totally disabled when she developed a severe case ca se of arthritis in both feet the wo woman ma n put in a claim for the insurance the company refused to pay insisting that she was not totally disabled the woman admitted the she could do a little housework occasionally casio nally but she said and her doctor confirmed that she was in constant agony whenever she was on her feet the court 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 leash the dog stood quietly while hile his master made a purchase suddenly without warning the animal snapped at a woman customer leaving tooth marks in her leg the woman sued the grocer for damages blaming him for allowing such a vi beast in the store however the court turned down her claim the judge said that until the woman had actually been bitten the grocer had no way of knowing that the dog had bad such a nasty disposition 0 0 0 if a scrubwoman Scrub woman kneels on 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 she accidentally put ono one M knee down upon an upturned hottle bottle cap painfully cut she sued the tavern owner for damages however the court held the owner not liable the judge pointed out that bottle caps are nothing unusual on the floor of a tavern so the woman should have been more careful where she knelt |
