Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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EDWARDS v. FREDERICK LEYLAND & Co., LTD. (SUED AND TRADING AS WEST COAST STEVEDORING COMPANY, A FIRM).

[1951] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 184

LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.

Before Mr. Justice Donovan.

Neglignece - Safe system of working - Protection of eyes - Provision of goggles - Plaintiff employed by defendants as winchman to unload cargo of seed in bags - Bags rotten and bleeding - Excessive dust - High wind - Infection of plaintiff's eye due to dust - Claim by plaintiff against defendants alleging that bags should have been stitched in ship's hold prior to discharge, and that goggles should have been provided.

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