O'Flaherty v. Cunard Steamship Co.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger upon a transatlantic ship operated by the defendant. The declaration contains three counts. The first and second are in contract and were waived. The third is a count alleging in substance due care of the plaintiff and negligence of the defendant, its servants or agents.

The plaintiff was injured by falling down stairs on the steamship "Samaria” on August 8, 1925. She testified that after she fell she was taken to the ship’s hospital, and in reply to questions put to her by the ship’s surgeon related…