Index: src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestLists.java
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--- src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestLists.java	(revision 1005818)
+++ src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestLists.java	(working copy)
@@ -206,5 +206,8 @@
       assertEquals(4, r.getParagraph(21).getIlvl());
       assertEquals(1, r.getParagraph(22).getIlvl());
       assertEquals(0, r.getParagraph(23).getIlvl());
+      
+      // Try to read numCharacterRuns, see bug 50060
+      assertEquals(1, r.getParagraph(0).numCharacterRuns());
    }
 }