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PANAMA R.R. CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 369.

264 U.S. 375 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 391

68 L.Ed. 748

PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard Reid Rogers for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Wade H. Ellis, with whom Mr. Silas Blake Axtell was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Mr. John M. Woolsey and Mr. Vernon S. Jones, by leave of Court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an action by a seaman against his employer, the owner of the ship on which he was serving, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered at sea while he was ascending a ladder from the deck to the bridge in the course of his employment, — the complaint charging that the injuries resulted from negligence of the employer in providing an inadequate ladder and negligence of the ship's officers...

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