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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...
...most states, juries are normally 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...
Eliot's smooth T attack, though stymied a number of times by the scrappy Commuters in the second period, showed its usual display of scoring plays. The Elephants displayed their power in the first minute of the game after Rick Budner ran the opening kickoff 50 yards to the Commuter ten. Two plays later Pete Reiner went off left end to score standing...
...managers and the three dormitory managers have also been appointed and are: first assistant manager, James Addison Halstead of Syracuse, N. Y.; second assistant manager, Lement Upham Harris of Tuxedo Park, N. Y.; Smith Halls manager, Stanley de Jongh Osborne of Guatemala, C. A.; Gore Hall manager, Harold Kennedy Budner of Fall River, Mass.; Standish Hall manager, Donald Reynolds of Newton, Mass...