The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-25

Under the title of The Profession of Getting Hurt
Theodore Waters entertaining article
in Pearsons for June the methods used by desghg
persons damages corporations for alleged
injuries Six instances given to start with as
A Chicago jury just Inga Hanson guilty of
perjury. She claimed rendered deaf, dumb
parayzed through knocked down and dragged
by trolley
Marcellne, Mo-, just confessed that he
purposey by hrusting it under the wheels Of
Texas Pacific train, for which he recovered $4,000
damages
Philadelphia mas just completed sentence
jail teaching children OF inure themselves in
trolley that she might claim damages.
A New York accident insurance company has just re-
fused to damages to for the malady known as
synovtis found have produced the eff
of this disease by sandpaperng mis- knee and applying
a big fly blister thereto.
city Chicago is groanng under the burden of
personal injury 5000 suits pending
against the city, and of these bear the earmarks of
In years the amount paid by Texas railroads for
injuries has from $2950o0 to $1765,oOo
pckings the damage suit business at
tracing horde of lawyers the damage-suit centers
such Houston and San Antonio and the result is that
they are turning their attenton 10 others oesdes he
railroads.
Waters that there is a great and widely
spreading getting which is costing
the transportation companies millions of dollars annually
combat.
for personal INJURIES resulting her attorneys alleged in
becoming deaf, dumb blind and parayzed and who
brought into court in apparently helpless condition.
afterwards claimed to have been healed by Christian
Science when she aragned for perjury later her
by another Chicago girl who though pretending
be parayzed discovered by detective playing leap
frog in the privacy of her ROOM
The author attempts to show that there parents
who do hesitate bring their children the trade
to fegn it, that the profession ostered by hyster law
DOCTORS ambulance chasers" so-caled who do
not hesitate to their dupes tools into the hos
pitfalls the bedside in their homes; cities
associations have been formed for the of inducing
the to bring suits against railroad companies that
suits been brought accidents without knOw
edge of the persons injured; that have been
ganized for the of doing up" corporations
instance lots being drawn determine
next member to fall off trolley
Six classes of accident takers described First
mere IS the person who becoming slightly hurt in railway
sashup other casualty exaggerates his injuries of
all reason and claims big damages therefor
In the second class is the who escaping from
an accident hurt claims nevertheless to have been in
jured and presents claim damages. exhibition
some old wound often wins sucn suit.
The third class of persons includes persons who claim
to have been in accident known occurred.
order TO that the plaintiff accident
the railroad company must prove that he somewhere
In the fourth class takers claims to
Juries received in accidents which occurred
companed by witnesses VINO share SPOIL the
claimant will tell fearsome story he she fell
off a car or was knocked down by at certain time
and place.
In the fifth class takers simulate apparent
injuries received in the of witnesses Such
sons start out deliberately to make woman for
i, may De rlolhg IN car AT favorable opportun-
lty when the starts stops suddenly, may fall
1alntlng to the floor Sympathetic revive
after much trouble and assist her short
time the company is summoned to defend suit for dam
INJURY 10 the spine is the faVOrte plea such
takers as can be made that paralysis
lowed in natural heavy damages can then
be asked for Inga asked $50 under
what similar circumstances.
The sixth class comprises persons go out with
the ueIperate intention of becoming
injured SO that damages be claimed
of the man from Marceine Missouri who lost mis- les
by thrustng it under a Texas Pacific railroad train
Inc city attorney of Chicago, John F. Smulski
annual report to the mayor city council says:
Whatever else may have bees said city hal
ana ABOUT easy money from the public treasury
can be compared with the hold money the city mas
oeeh forced TO pay to designing claimants ambulance
chase personal injury lawyers agencies
last but not least. fake doctors of money sc
PAID out would have been keep in repair an6
in good condition defective sidewalk in the CITY limits
IL is necessary for a layman be present in court
anu near the evidence given by plainf-usualy a
ealui wo1nanand the plaintiffs physician and argu
nent OF counsel in order appreciate
loose plank or by fall broken sidewalk He would