Medicine: Principle

In Albany, N. Y., during the spring of 1924, 200 persons contracted typhoid fever from drinking polluted city water, among them the young son of one John Weisner. He sued the city for $3,000 damages on the principle that the municipality was negligent in not giving timely and sufficient warning against dangerous drinking water. Last month, he won the suit.

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