EGAN v. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.

(1946) 80 Ll.L.Rep. 545

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Hilbery.

Negligence - Safe means of access - Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff labourer on board defendants' steamship - Steamship moored alongside quay at Deptford - Ebb tide - Ship sitting on mud - Fall from ship end of gangway leading from quay to ship's deck - Injury to knee - Allegation that gangway pivoted as it was improperly secured - Suitability of gangway - Evidence that it had been in use without mishap for considerable time - Workmen's compensation paid during plaintiff's total incapacity - Plaintiff now back at work - Possibility of further claims on basis of partial incapacity - Costs of action.