Beaumont-Thomas v Blue Star Line Ltd The plaintiff, while a passenger on the defendant’s steamship, slipped on the floor of the corridor outside his cabin and sustained injuries. He then sued the defendants for damages for breach of an express or implied contract that the floor of the corridor should be safe, and for negligence on the part of their servants in washing the floor in such a way as to make it slippery and dangerous and a concealed trap to the plaintiff without warning him of the danger.