KNIGHT v. J. RUSSELL & CO.

(1939) 65 Ll L Rep 34

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Hilbery.

Negligence - Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931 - Breach of statutory duty - Personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff (ship's riveter)- Plaintiff in employment of defendants engaged on repair work to steamship in London dock-Allegation that in descending a ladder supplied by the defendants as part of the staging a rung broke, throwing him against the dock side and injuring his back- Evidence that no complaint of injury was made immediately after accident- Plaintiff now admittedly neurasthenic and unfit for full work as riveter.