Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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WILKINS v. R. & H. GREEN & SILLEY WEIR, LTD.

(1945) 79 Ll.L.Rep. 243

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Denning.

Negligence-Safe system of working-Duty of employers to provide and maintain - Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff engaged on plate bending machine-Plate (weighing over 4 tons) supported in part by single barrel to enable plate to be moved in between rollers-Fall of plate when plaintiff went underneath to remove wedges from barrel-Right arm severed- Claim against employers-Evidence that two barrels were normally used and that one was out of commission.

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