Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial granted as against all defendants, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
In our opinion, the evidence offered by plaintiff was sufficient to establish prima facie a common-law cause of action in negligence. An employer has a common-law duty to use ordinary care to furnish his employees with a reasonably safe place to work. This duty, long recognized by the admiralty courts, is not restricted to the...
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