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Show THE READER'S COURTROOM r-i Grouchy Iceman Hot at Fault By Will Bernard, LL.B J May an Iceman Frighten Children Away from His Truck? An iceman was in a very grouchy mood one morning while making his rounds. As he walked out of a customer's back yard, he noticed several children gathered around his truck grabbing little pieces of ice. "Hey, you!" the iceman roared threateningly. One little boy was so frightened that he ran into A truck driver parked in an alley, al-ley, and got ready to unload a heavy bundle of cloth. Without looking, he lifted the package and pushed it off the truck at the same moment shouting "Look out!" A man walking by was hit by the bundle, and suffered a broken bro-ken arm in the mishap. Later the victim sued the trucking company for damages, and the court granted his claim. The judge ruled that the truck driver should have either looked first or hollered soonerl May a Trolley Conductor Punch A Quarrelsome Passenger? A fat man got into an argument with a street car conductor over a lost nickel. The dispute waxed hotter and hotter, and finally the man called the conductor a liar. Promptly the latter doubled his fist and punched the hefty passen- the street right in front of a passing car. The child was injured, and later a lawsuit was brought on his behalf against the iceman. However, the court decided that the man wasn't to blame for the mishap. 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. A man went to a barber shop to. have his shoes shined. As he was getting down from the stand, he lost his balance and tumbled to the flor. . When he got home and counted his bruises, the man decided de-cided he had ' a damage claim against the barber. He filed suit but the judge threw the case out of court. The judge decided that a barber can't guarantee his customers custom-ers against any and all dangers and, anyhow, a person ought to be able to climb down Trom a shoe shine stand by himself. ger in the stomach! Later, the man file i a damage suit tr assault and battery. The 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 public conveyance con-veyance must always "treat his passengers with respect" and that didn't mean punching them in the stomachl , |