Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-02

feature Is that the great state NJ pennavjs
yania notified the presidinp iudye TINT a. wa.
desirous of losing its case - :,
That fact in itself puts the hallmark NJ
the unusual and unique upop the whole pro.
ceeding.
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sumed hS tSo stoto 90 nv, ns ~ i,uus onIi, US
that Tho .inJoo comnI;montoS .hn a,tornar,
an thG .tut'.s 'he a''''"''e
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...a., -. '"o o0s'""'"k' 'ne oran'aus
mildred "arso' aged twelve, poor little
girl.
Henry A. Fuller, a presiding Judge.
Samuel l. Spiker, an attorney at law.
Il. +. McGovern, an attorney ut law.
William J. Roney, q state insurance
manager.
Scene 1.-The interior of a hospital N
Wilkes Barre. ,'
Scene ia courtroom in the Luzcrne
county courthouse. ... a.. =
Mildred Wargo, twelve years old. the
child of poor parents, got job" in the
Wilkes Barre city hospital.
The bospital authorities Ind no right to
employ her. She was under age. II was
against the law, but she was poor and her
people needed the little she could make.
On August TX 1910 Mudrod woruo,,
b;rthdon sha ,not lei ~ nua;I "aisu
n;tal which resulted in tbo loss ~ he, Ia
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b;b;,od ~ ~. ''o,auIn ., y. e iaM Mnich ,pLo-
s;xtoen ,.nauu .me 10y "'"' Vi eni'ureh uhuer
'iA.een seais vi ase'
..;.,s.;a an ehpiIse Vi purey esariCaole IN
G1..u.ton IIn. to sue hau no recourse Ior DAMAGES
Her tate loomed up as that Of a crippled
;ni,,rn unape de ~ seture compensauTn on LOT ner
boInis,,. u''n'eo " ~ 'nf'"s" iiie a'rh's'
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pa, 10 manager, Is state concern. IL Is
p.ia.eu t; oy .he coIinon"ealtn IN conJunc
@ .ioh WIFI the "orkihgnens y compensation
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u,n,ins p ssn.e conipuhy hau INSURED tne
os 40. .a, oulie hospi'ai asains' injury 10 any
Vi p.s. DC el1Hiposes' lHi,,U5
70 Du' ., Mnareu MaTgo was peyond the paie
tue INV was rlglaIy enforced
nd. reifrts em te appo,n.ea u IN tae case haa,
Lm, al tne clIculnstances, Iounu ior the
cniiu, ana the state workingmens compen-
sation BOARD OF ~hich aarry "A. Mackey Is
enpirl'ian' p inuorseG @ ms hnalng. W.,
pu' ~ouiu tue orkmen insurance rund
nght tne case! III IL did, IL certainly would
VIII Ihat was 1oregone conclusion.
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WI,ih" IL seeneu hopeiess' ~. +. NC
Ho'erh; an attorney ut law IN LuAerhe
county, took up tne case ior hliidred "argo.
~ Masn reuns cuse Oh law ratner one
oL huiianit! unu common JUSTICE. on that
srouna the piea was maae
>, Inc president Judge OF Luzerne county Is
tiehrS "a ruiier. Inc case came up De-
tore MN;
samaei !. sPiker' OF huntington, the
associate counsei OF the state orkmens
insurance fund' appeared Tor that organi-
zation.
Messrs. money, opiker ahd' lndeed, all
OF the principals IN TINS unusual case nave
DOVES o, compassion ana hearts contain
Ing tne MIX OF human kindness.
likewise aiso mas chairman Mackey ana
others OF ms board.
ne men,oers Oh the state insurance Doard
are state treasurer IL. NJ: hephart. Com
missioner OF LABOR ana industry Ciinord Is.
rtS rphhehS ana insurance commissioner
ihomas ID. Donaldson,
their heads together over the case of Mil
drea "argo' , , ,. ,,
| u @ onr .nlns = no Anow' thut uiter ;hessrs.
nones uhu opiker sot tnIougn WIN g % tnelr
| survey OF the case, Associate Counsel spiker
;.aue mutt. h,os. u~nusua. ~ presen'atioh ior 'he
INSURANCE nf lunu.reaily ior tne great state OF
fehhSsNania-to Juuse L uler.
|
| FNHlS IL what he said
l. The state Workmen's Insurance Fund
| desires to impress on the mind of the
| court that Oh the one side we have n
claimant who Is only twelve years OF age,
| and while working in the Wilkes Barre
| city hospital lost the use of her left hand
| On the other side we have the State
| Workmen's Insurance Fund with sur
| plus of S2.3l3,770, with no stockholders
or any interested persons looking for
| profits. Therefore the defendant in the
most without knowledge.
| The state Workmens insurance Fund,
therefore, requests this court, II 1t can
hnd legal way to sustain the hndings OF
fact ana conclusions OF law made by the
referee and approved by the state Work
men 5 Compensation Board OF Pennsyl-
vania.
In nonlcgal terms what Counsel Spiker
said to Judge Fuller was this WED like
| To lnun DC iun fhn 1a