Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31

addition to their lecturer, MIR. Roe are
z. A., Horton ana n. J. shay, or they
we're up to the publication of their 1919
edition OF Hints TO Personal Injury
Claimants"
In this pretentious little booklet OF
thirty neatly printed pages, stiles
Dovaney outline the whole procedure
First, they devote chapter 20 the federal
employers liability law, then they take
up Probable amount of damages recov-
cradle In certain cases" beginning their
tsbulation with NooOo to siGoOo for loss
Of ind or arm below the elbow and
running up to $4,000 to S5o.oO for total
disability. They then discuss "Juries
state Courts" Last Chance Doctrine"
who May sue and Where, Appeals"
concluding with chapter on No Charge
TOR Advice"
stiles & Devaney are reputed the
wealthiest firm in this business. They
hsvetheir own hospital in Minneapolis,
where they keep their clients pending
preparations for the trial or settlement.
stiles owns an elegant home, is a mil
/ lionaire according TO hts official lecturer,
Mr.. 4. A. Roe And if Mr.. Roe is to he
believed he has made II all out OF rail
road litigation In the Chicago speech.
already referred to MIR. Roe explained;
| George C. stiles Is classed as a million
aire. lie has been engaged IN the prac-
! tlce of law Tor thirty years handling
nothing but interstate commerce cases
against railway corporation and Mr.. pc
Vaney came out OF school and went right
| in with Mr., stiles, handling nothing but
that kind OF law, They don't know any
thing but that kind OF law.
To empress his hearers that he Is per-
fectly candid with them the speaker
added: o
Now that concluded the part as to
what my graft is" Again. Now you
have my graft."
stiles & Devaney are said to have come
into the personal injury industry through
claims for loss and damage. also largely
a nonresident. being often proprietor.
For instance, the court records show
that at one time 100 "loss and damage
freight cases were pending in ST. Paul
against the Northwestern railroad, every
case having arisen along the North
Westerns line from Omaha to- Lander,
Wyo There was no special reason for
taking single case to Minnesota, eN-
cept to get into a more favorable juris-
dction. All could have been tried or ad-
justed in Nebraska and Wyoming, where
they arose.
stiles & Devaney were the attorneys
In seventy -four of these 100 cases and
they get about IS per cent OF all Of that
kind They have had many against the
Union Pacific and Burlington, As a mat
ter of fact, the loss and damage freight
cases outnumber the personal injury
cases three to one. The nonresident per
sonal injury industry seems to have beer
, an outgrowth OF these loss and damag,
claims, although the latter are more
often settled out of court, with the CLAIM
departments of the railroads.
Illustrating n further development o
the industry the firm OF Hall, Tautge
& Loeffler. Minneapolis, like some of tn,
others, get hold of railroad and forme
railroad employees to work among thei
fellows. Here is a sample letter writer
by one of these agents. soliciting a cas-
from a formed fellow employe, which /
characteristic:
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 5th, 1872
Mr.. Edberg. Dear Sir: Having saw an &C
count in the paper where you were IN
n jured working for the Great Northern
= | used to work there myself and / know
' the game. / cannot work there any more
! ! have a job now that burns UP the rail-
= : roads ! am working for Albert n. Ha
: and William A. Tautges and we get IN
9 money for the boys TINT get hurt, an
G we donts keep IL all either, like som
u of the wise guys here in the city. w
/, will guarantee to treat you right, AS
s Peckover what we done for him, or as
u Red Boil, Ed Fay and several other boyl
s We got the money for where the com
Ipany would not pay | cent otherwise. w
s take the cases on small commlsslo
. and when the contract Is made out yo
get a copy and whatever we pay in tha
r contract is as good al the wheat In
g mill and the toll paid These fellows hav
: been in the business for twenty-seve
years and know the game / would sug
: gest that you don't sign any papers o
: any kind for anybody and don't tell any
one how II happened for they will II
the statement TO suit themselves Now
e enclose one of my cards and II you wan
= me TO come and see you, tell one OF IN
: nurses to call me up or write me and
4 | will take care of your case. The evidenc
Z should be looked up at once Hoping I
: hear from you soon, remain. Your
respectfully. Show this to Cary, toe
A. r. CANNON,
722 New York Life Bldg.