MAHONEY v. A. E. SMITH & SON, LTD.

(1944) 78 Ll.L.Rep. 82

LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.

Before Mr. Justice Lynskey.

Negligence-Safe system of working-Duty of employers to provide-Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff dock labourer in employ of defendant stevedores-Loading of lower hold of steamer-Plaintiff handling cargo on platform built up from other cargo to form bulkhead-Fall-No life-line provided-Whether practicable to provide life-line and whether it should have been provided-Evidence of complaints by workmen as to absence of life-line.