The labor standard., 1922-02-15
SMASHED LEC1S
 WORTH $17,500
Old Man Statistics Does Some Investigating Into Suits
 for Damages.
PRICE SET BY JURIEs VARIES
Loss of Arm Is Valued at From $500 to $eo, o,ooo- o-one Man Demands $25,ooo for "Harrowins Experience"-
 $500 for Half Mouse in.Pie.

New York.-Old Man Statistics is loose again. Now he comes forward to say that if you contemplate losing you ask will average around $25,OOO. If you lose an eye, your reputation in fact, anything-the average remains the same, says he. But the sum you will get eff you win) he declares, will be considerably lower-$17, 500.
 The price of a leg, as decided by various and sundry juries, varies from $500 to $6O,OOO. What makes for Hthis wide range in value of pedal ex- tremities was simple in the old days when juries consisted of men only, but it is different now. One is left in a quandary.
 Damages Total $2s, ,5o7, ,f25.,
 There was total of approximately $2S, ,5O7 ,125 involved in suits last year in the metropolitan district. That against William M. Baldwin, capital ist, for $17, 100000 was the largest.
 A number of cases involved odd com plaints.
 Not so long ago man, demanded $25,OOO for a narrowing" experience he had while being chased about a ship by madman.
 An actress decided to take heroic measures to reduce. She consulted surgeon as to the advisability of hay ing it "cut off" She forgot one thing that the operation would leave scars and she alleged in court they forever marred her "asthetic' beauty.
 She admitted, however, that 'sev- moved and her figure was more grace full than before. The jury decided the figure was worth the money the sur geon charged.
 Somebody hit young matron with the wrong side of slap stick, loaded with blank cartridge. She was be- ing initiated into the mysteries of the Modern Order of. Praetorians and was leaning over to kiss the altar when the undignified incident occurred. The flash of the powder raised a blister which she thought was worth $2O,OOO.
 $500 for Half Mouse in Pie.
 One of the youngest comp1ainants in suit was four-months-old child. The defendant was doctor, who was alleged to have so injured the com plainant when he brought him into the world as to have permanently inn paired his health. Another child re covered damages for prenatal injury received when his mother fell through a coal hole, the lid of which had been removed.
 nrNrs xrYpp, 1 In<1Q fovs fy,I ing half a mouse in piece of mince pie given her in a restaurant.
 A boy valued his ability to smile at $2O,OOO, and the jury agreed with him.
 If guest of yours should happen to fall over one of your rugs and fracture his nose you need have no fear if he should sue you. The Su- preme court held in a case of this kind that the host is not responsible for a fall on loose rug.
 Backs, arms, legs, ribs, toes, fingers, noses, jaws, hearts, resolutions, VOWS and everything else breakable were broken during the year. For these injuries the litigants sought from $500 to $1OO,OO0.
 Amputat1ons, too, were manifold. One child got $40,OOO for the loss of four toes. Another got $60,OOO for the loss of two hands. They were the high records for cases of that sort
 The lowest award on record was that of Bronx woman who sued the Ma tional Biscuit company for S2,OOO be- cause splinter in one of the biscuits lodged in her gums. The jury thought $50 would just about cover the cost.