THE JURY QUESTION
<p-. It is bad news for the motor driver in Britain—and a larger proportion of the population are motor drivers to-day than ever his insurance premiums are likely to be put up, writes “Janus” in the Spectator. The reasons are the number of accidents, due, presumably, largely to careless driving, but partly no doubt to the inadequacy of the roads, and the tendency of juries to award heavy damages in cases that come into court. The jury question is rather serious. There is no doubt about the tendency of 12 average
- ■ smen and women in a jury-box top. give an injured claimant the ben?-£ fit of the doubt on the ground that * “the insurance company can well;, afford to pay,” just as they givdv heavy damages in a libel action-,.* against a newspaper because all “ newspapers have plenty of - money; they can afford it?’ It majfc' be magnificent; it may be but it is by no means always justice.^
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 19
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162THE JURY QUESTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 19
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