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Thursday February 15 3:17 PM ET
Motorist Who Knocked Girl Down Wins Stress Damages
LONDON (Reuters) - A motorist who knocked down a young deaf mute after she ran out in front of his car was awarded more than $700,000 in damages Thursday for post-traumatic stress as a result of the accident.
The court found that the accident, which badly injured the girl, had left motorist Mark Cooper, 28, in a ``parlous'' state of health.
His condition was such that he was unable to run his scaffolding business, which collapsed, and his wife left with their children because of his behavior.
The child was struck by Cooper after she ran out in front of his car from behind a parked vehicle.
A London court made the award against a taxi driver who had been ferrying the 4-year-old to her home in 1991, as well as the firm the taxi driver worked for.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010215/od/damages_dc_1.html (http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010215/od/damages_dc_1.html)
Is there any more to this story?
SOB
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parlous?
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Main Entry: par·lous
Pronunciation: 'pär-l&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of perilous
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete : dangerously shrewd or cunning
2 : full of danger or risk : HAZARDOUS
- par·lous·ly adverb
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great a new tool to confuse my employer!
mrfish: yeah i cant come in today i am feeling kinda parlous -
corporate schill: errr...i dunno what a parlous is but it's probably contagious and that might cause me to loose $.00000000004 so stay home
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Its easy to see its roots.. Parlous=perilous.
Here in Newfoundland, we'd still use ancient derivatives like this one... along with lotsa other weird words
Jay.