Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1915 — Leg Worth $8,350 an Inch. [ARTICLE]

Leg Worth $8,350 an Inch.

‘ For two inches of the left leg, at Ao per inch, $1i;.700." j s the bill that Earl Parsons, of Mt. Bethel, is trying to collect from the Lehigh and New England Railroad in a suit for damages just brought. Employed on i the road as a trainman, he asserts ' that he was instructed by the yard-' master at Pen Argyl. who told him that the track was clear, to takg a ' train to a crossover one night last year. r Hi.- train crashed into some empty cars, and he was caught between two of them and badly injured. Among his injuries was a double fracture of the left leg. When he le r t hospital, .our months later, the leg was two -inches shorter than the otiTer. Mr-. Elizabeth Parsons, his moth-i i er. claiming she has been deprived ( of her son’s support, has also filed , ' afi action against the company and' demands SIO,OOO damages.—Easton (Penn,) Cor. Philadelphia Record.