The pursuer in an action of damages for personal injuries against a railway company averred that about 6 p.m. on a November day he, having alighted from a train and standing on a platform of the station, was knocked down by the open door of one of the carriages of the train which the railway servants had failed to close in the execution of their duty before the train was restarted, the station being so dark that he could not see if the doors were closed.
Held( rev. judgment of the First Division) that the action was relevant to go to trial.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Earl of Halsbury, Lord Ashbourne, Lord Robertson, and Lord Collins
Citations:
[1908] UKHL 683 – 1, 45 SLR 683 – 1
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Personal Injury
Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.621511