A COSTLY LEG.
The Massachusetts Courts have ordered the payment of probably the largest prize ever given for a human leg, except perhaps where it was lost on the field of battle, and the owner took the question into politics. A Chicago travelling salesman was so injured by a railroad accident that his leg was amputated, and he obtained a judgment against the company for 18.000 company naturally appealled, ana the second verdict was for 20,000 dollars ; another appeal resulted iu the new verdict, which is for 45.000 dollars. And still the company is not satisfied. A motion is to be made to set aside the damages, on the ground that they are excessive, and there is a possibility that the Court may decide. The power to do so has been exercised in some cases though it is difficult to see why this is one. The fact that so much damages have been given before in a case of the kind is not a proof that such damages should not be given, to teach railroads economy in accidents.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2269, 25 June 1880, Page 2
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178A COSTLY LEG. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2269, 25 June 1880, Page 2
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