Evening star., 1915-03-28


limbs, coquettish eyes, and symmetrical
form at nearly so high figure as would her
sweetheart or her admirers or relatives. They
do not consider any part of womans body
so valuable as similar part of a mans
body. The value of her leg comes more
nearly reaching the value of a mans leg
than any other part, in the relative measure
of values by the legal tribunals.
From sentimental point of view this
would seem unreasonable; but a thorough
examination of every decision of the differ
ent Supreme Courts of the various States
discloscs the cold facts in the case. Out Of
twenty-five cases where the highest YER
diets were sustained for personal injuries,
where men and women were almost SINH
larly injured, the twenty-five men received
a total of $292,957 against the twenty-five
women's total of $50, 0,73S.S2 in damages.
These figures are taken from the largest
vcrdicts ever given, and the ratio in smaller
verdicts for similar injuries shows falling
oil in greater proportion.
The biggest verdict ever allowed wo-
man which was sustained by the Supreme
Court was for Sic, 6,33S.S2. This sum was
allowed Mrs. kenney against the South
Shore Gas & Electric Company by the
Court of Appeals of New York. She was
frightfuly and permanently disfgured by
an explosion of gas.
But the Supreme Court of Rhode Island
allowed man by the name of Carr $22, ,S95
for similar injuries against the American
Locomotive Company as damages result
ing from boiler explosion; and only lately
a man frghtfully injured in railroad acc-
dent near New York was awarded judg
ment for $75, ,OO0-although this hasn't yet
been passed upon by the higher court
The next highest verdict ever sustained
in favor of a woman for personal injuries was
that of a Mrs. White of Alabama, who at
the age of sixty-four years and when in good
health was made hopeless cripple in a
railroad accident The railroad company
Supreme Court compelled railroad COM
pany to pay $4,000 to a brakeman by the
name of Gray who was no worse injured.
EVEN the spine of a man is valued by the
- courts at higher rate than that of a
woman. The Texas courts allowed Mrs.
Probandt $4,000 for the fracture of her
spine; while the Supreme Court of Arkansas
allowed Brown, a brakeman, $25, 900 for such
an injury. The jury gave Brown $4,000;
but the court reduced it one-half.
Against the $50 allowed Miss Hos
kovec of Nebraska, who was made mental
and physical wreck in a railroad accident,
man by the name of Yeargan in Texas
was allowed $1S,962.
A woman's leg comes more nearly being
an equal in value to that of man, accord
| ing to the courts, than any other member
of her body. A Miss Bugge of Seattle was
allowed Sl4, 800 for the loss of her leg, and
$500 for the surgeons bill; while man by
the name of Freeman in Texas was allowed
$4,000 straight. Freeman was forty -seven
and Miss Bugge was thirty-one
| For fracture and the shortening of
leg as a consequence, Miss Nedry, a woman
teacher, was allowed So, 600 by the Arkansas
courts; while man by the name of Lannon
in Illinois was allowed $4,000 for similar
| injuries.
For the fracture of hip Miss Bouknight,
government clerk, was allowed 800 by
the courts of Virginia against Sl2, 500 al
lowed an electrician by the name of Shaklee
in Texas.
The eye of a man is worth S11 900;
while that of a woman is worth only 81 500,
according to the version Of the courts of this
country. The federal court allowed a Rus
sian immigrant woman the smaller sum;
while the Texas Supreme Court allowed
boiler makers helper the larger sum for the
loss Of an eye
1t costs just five times as much to para
lyze a man through negligence as it does to
intlict the same injuries on woman, ac-
cording to Texas and Illinois courts For
partial paralysis East St. Louis paid
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