Watson v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

Motion by defendant to dismiss the complaint and to set aside the verdict of the jury found in favor of the plaintiff awarding her the sum of $1,200 as damages.

Plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s vessel France. While in the act of taking a bath in accommodations furnished her in exchange for those previously contracted for she was severely burned. On the day in question before she had entered the tub the plaintiff had turned on both “ hot ” and “ cold ” water faucets and had let the water run. Turning off the faucets and getting into the tub she found the water not sufficiently warm, and…