首页
登录
职称英语
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against
游客
2023-10-31
82
管理
问题
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company. But perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads. Nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. And the railroads usually won.
Most of the cases were decided in state courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. Government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.
Court decisions always went against railroad workers. A Mr. Farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman’s negligence ran his engine off the track. The court reasoned, that since Farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted the risk. Therefore the accident, though avoidable had the switchmen acted carefully, was a "pure accident". In effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.
In one case where a Pennsylvania Railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spread several blocks, causing widespread damage, a jury found the company responsible for all the damage. But the court overturned the jury’s decision because it argued that the railroad’s negligence was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings. Beyond them the connection was too remote to consider.
As the century wore on, public sentiment began to turn against the railroads—against their economic and political power and high fares as well as against their callousness(无情)toward individuals. [br] What must have happened after the fire case was settled in court?
选项
A、The railroad compensated for me damage to the immediate buildings.
B、The railroad compensated for all me damage by the fire.
C、The railroad paid nothing for the damaged building.
D、The railroad worker paid for the property damage himself.
答案
A
解析
原文第4段倒数第2句说“法庭推翻了陪审团要求全部赔偿的裁决,因为法庭认为铁路仅仅是造成就近建筑损坏的直接原因”。由此可以推断,铁路公司只对毗邻建筑的损失进行了赔偿,因此A符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3144987.html
相关试题推荐
Thousandsofpeopleturnedoutintothestreetsto______againstthelocalautho
Whatdoes"Hisparentsaredeadagainstthetrip"mean?A、Hisparentsaredeadbe
HehadlivedillegallyintheUnitedStatesforfiveyearsafterhisvisitor’sv
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
Thelistofcandidatesforgreatestmenofthe20thcenturyisasshortasi
随机试题
MudslideandPreventionVocabularyandExpressionsdebrisflowtopography
Whataretheapplicantsgoingtohaveinalmosteverycaseofjobhunting?They
[originaltext]M:Ireallycan’tstandthemanymore!W:Who?Whathappened?M:Myr
Job-hoppingNowadays,theone-companyindivi
典型的成瘾行为包括A.高血压用药 B.吸毒 C.吸烟 D.网瘾 E.酗酒
小儿,女患者,11岁。患甲状腺癌,并有颈淋巴结转移。医生告诉患几母亲,女孩需做甲
下列哪种情感不属于儿童的高级情感()A.道德感 B.归属感 C.美感 D.
护士运用专业知识和技能,收集护理对象的相关资料,评估其健康状况,提出护理问题,制
需求价格弹性表示在一定时期内,一种商品的需求量的相对变动对于该商品价格相对变动的
下列经营决策方法中,属于定性决策方法的有()。A.头脑风暴法 B.提喻法
最新回复
(
0
)