A man was waiting dockside for his mother, who was disembark…
A man was waiting dockside for his mother, who was disembarking from a riverboat cruise. He saw his mother start to get on the gangplank and then looked down to answer his cell phone. He looked up when he heard a loud crack and then screams and saw that the gangplank had collapsed into the water. He ran to the edge and saw his mother face down in the water, surrounded by debris. He fainted and hit his head on a metal railing, sustaining a concussion. The gangplank had collapsed because it had been damaged in the previous docking, but the cruise ship employees did not notice the visible damage to the gangplank. If the man sues the cruise ship for his injury, is he likely to prevail?