A female passenger brought an action of damages for personal injury against a railway company, in which she averred that on her arrival at her destination, which was a terminus, the carriage in which she was seated was not able owing to the length of the train to be brought up opposite the platform, that she and other passengers in the carriage waited a quarter of an hour or thereby, and that as no one appeared to assist them to alight they proceeded to do so themselves, in the course of which the pursuer fell and was injured. She
averred, further, that the stationmaster was on the platform and saw the passengers alighting but gave no instructions.
He: (Diss. Lord Salvesen) that the action was irrelevant.
Citations:
[1916] SLR 244
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Personal Injury
Updated: 23 April 2022; Ref: scu.618256
