首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that com
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that com
admin
2013-09-28
63
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. Mr. Farrell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman’s negligence ran his engine off the track. The court reasoned, that since Farrell 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 toward individuals.
What must have happened after the fire case was settled in court?
选项
A、The railroad compensated for the damage to the immediate buildings.
B、The railroad compensated for all the 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
推断题。文章第四段讲的是法庭对宾夕法尼亚州铁路火灾赔偿案件的判定。大火烧过了几个街区,但法庭认为只有最临近火灾现场地方的损失应得到铁路公司的赔偿,所以本题的答案应该是A 铁路公司补偿邻近建筑的损失。其他三个选项都不是法庭的最后判决。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ARLK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
______explainindetailwhyhehasquitthejob.
Whatdothespeakersmainlydiscuss?
JeanWagner’smostenduringcontributiontothestudyofAfro-Americanpoetryishisinsistencethatit______inareligious,a
Thedeclineinmoralstandards—whichhaslongconcernedsocialanalysts—hasatlastcapturedtheattentionofaverageAmericans.
AmongthefirsttocomeandliveinNorthAmerica______,wholaterprosperedmainlyinNewEngland.
Whereisthisconversationtakingplace?
Whatistheconversationmainlyabout?
Whilestillinitsearlystages,welfarereformhasalreadybeenjudgedagreatsuccessinmanystates—atleastingettingpeopl
TheartteacherwhoaccusedPrinceHarryofcheatinghaswonhercaseagainstEtonCollegeforunfairdismissal.SarahForsy
随机试题
在热力过程中,只有状态变化、温度()变化时,物质所吸收或放出的热量称为潜热。
采用出口阀门调节离心泵流量时,开大出口阀门,扬程()。
食品添加剂的作用有
A、DA方案B、MP方案C、CHOP方案D、ABVD方案E、VDLP方案治疗急性淋巴细胞白血病首选
青霉素脑病的易感人群包括()。
图示结构平面布置图,其结构体系是()。
根据《中华人民共和国海关法》的规定,进口货物的收货人、出口货物的发货人、进出境物品的所有人是关税的纳税义务人。()
Thepurposeinwritingthistextis______.Whenhesays"Youwon’tbeforlong"thewritermeansthat______.
Americansaresufferingfromaserioussleep【B1】______whilealsocuttingbackon【B2】______activitiesastheyspendmoretim
A、Therearenodevelopingcountriestojoinrichercountriesinreducingemissions.B、Developingnationsarehavingalittleeff
最新回复
(
0
)