An employee of a railway company in crossing the line to a messroom to which he had a right to go, chose to walk over the metals and under a goods train standing in a siding. The train started and he was killed. Held that the accident did not arise out of the man’s employment, but occurred in consequence of his having run an additional and quite unnecessary risk.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Finlay), Viscount Haldane, Lords Dunedin, Atkinson, and Sumner
Citations:
[1917] UKHL 509, 55 SLR 509
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Personal Injury, Employment
Updated: 23 July 2022; Ref: scu.631001