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FRED AND CATHY BUSICK, Route 7, Box 18, Burlington, N.C. 27215. I have Bluejay, Robin, Woodpecker, Elks, Baseball, Las Vegas. I want Burmese Cat, 70 Exc., Tombstone, Amvets, Flower Basket, St. Louis Arch...
Unfortunately for Mrs. Kathleen Busick of Milwaukee, she set something of a legal precedent as she inched her family's brand-new Chevrolet cautiously along an icy street. She braked to a stop behind a bus; Electrical Engineer Bruno R. Budner's car skidded into hers from the rear. Claiming assorted injuries as a result of the collision, Mrs. Busick sued Budner...
When the case came to trial, it seemed a routine personal-injury suit. It took on a new aspect when Budner cited a state law that requires all new Wisconsin cars to be equipped with two seat belts. Though her new car was duly belted, Mrs. Busick herself was admittedly unbelted at the time of the accident. As a result, the judge instructed the jury to consider whether Mrs. Busick was guilty of contributory negligence by virtue of having ignored a handy safety device that might have prevented her injuries...
...instructed that a plaintiff who fails to take such precautions may not collect; the plaintiff's negligence means the defendant gets off scot-free, which seems to be just what happened in Milwaukee. Once the jury received its instructions, it absolved Budner and withheld all damages for Mrs. Busick...
This was supposed to be a close one, but an injury to the Bruins' Bob Busick and some inspired running by Allen and sophomore Jim Baker sewed up Harvard's second victory (the team has lost one) by the half-way mark...