ROONEY v. ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE, LTD.

(1944) 78 Ll.L.Rep. 511

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Greene (Master of the Rolls), Lord Justice du Parcq and Lord Justice Morton.

Master and servant - Personal injuries sustained by employee-System of working - Supervision - Claim brought by ship's fireman against shipowners in respect of injuries sustained while engaged with other firemen in painting engine-room - Ship at sea - Plaintiff supplied with plank and rope to make scaffold - Attempt by plaintiff to tie plank while standing on engine-room platform (bounded by rail 3 ft. high with stanchions 6 ft. apart)-Pall under rail into engine-room below-Duty of employers - Whether employers took adequate precautions for plaintiff's safety.