Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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

(1947) 81 Ll L Rep 378

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Birkett.

Negligence-Safe system of working- Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff boilermaker employed by defendants-Removal of gun platform from ship-Platform cut section by section by means of oxy-acetylene apparatus-Crane normally used to assist in operation - No crane available - Collapse of section on which plaintiff was standing - Concussion followed by functional nervous disturbance - Assessment of damages - Matters to be taker into account.

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