Legal Opinion
Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 1, 1956No. 23475_1PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*256WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
On May 14, 1952, defendant’s vessel South America, a Great Lakes passenger steamer, was undergoing final fitting-out in preparation for its first sailing of the 1952 season. Plaintiff, a stewardess aboard the vessel, was going about her duties when she slipped on a stairway outside one of her assigned cabins and fell to the deck, breaking her arm and suffering other injuries. The stairway consisted of three steps, with full length handrails on either side. The steps, which had been painted several days previously with grey deck paint, Were of steel construction with a…
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