Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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ROMAIN v. R. & H. GREEN & SILLEY WEIR, LTD., AND ANOTHER.

(1944) 78 Ll.L.Rep. 421

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Hallett.

Negligence-Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff (employed by ship-repairers) while working on board defendants' ship lying in West India Dock-Collapse of shore gangway-Plaintiff leaving ship to satisfy call of nature-Ship about to be towed from West India Dock to Millwall Dock-Tugs in attendance-Orders given by captain to "land the gangway," plaintiff stepping on gangway just as lashings untied-Whether warning given to plaintiff -Alleged failure by plaintiff to take reasonable care - Claim brought against employers and against shipowners - Admission during hearing that there was no case against employers.

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