BEAUMONT-THOMAS v. BLUE STAR LINE, LTD.

(1939) 63 Ll L Rep 14

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Lord Hewart (Lord Chief Justice) and a Special Jury.

Negligence-Personal injuries-Steamship passenger-Fall while on board ship alleged to be due to wet, dangerous and slippery condition of floor after washing by member of crew - Permanent injuries sustained-Claim against shipowners-Jury's award of £6000-Ticket conditions: "8. Passengers take upon themselves all risk whatsoever of the passage to themselves their baggage and effects including risks of embarking and disembarking and whether by boat or otherwise. 9. Without restricting the generality of Condition No. 8 neither the company, the master nor its agents shall be held liable for loss, damage, injury . . . arising or resulting directly or indirectly from any act, neglect or default of pilot, master, officers, mariners . . . in the navigation or management of the ship or from the act of God, collision, stranding . . . riots and civil commotion . . . strikes . . . restraint of princes . . . perils of the sea . . . unseaworthiness or unfitness of the ship or her machinery . . . fire, steam or electricity . . . unlighted or unguarded ladders, doors, gangways or openings through any deck or the side of the steamer . . . or from any other cause whatsoever" - Whether shipowners protected by conditions-"Any other cause whatsoever"-Ejusdem generis rule-Common feature of conditions.