Basic Negligence Flashcards
Langley V Dray
- Were the consequence RF (Driver of stolen car drove recklessly causing Police man to crash)
Bourhill v Young
- Sufficient Proximity (Pregnant lady saw motorcyclist accident and gave birth to a still born)
Hill v CC of W Yorkshire
3.Is it fair, Just and Reasonable (Failure to arrest Yorkshire Ripper resulted in a further victim)
Blyth v Birmingham WW
Standard or Care, Reasonable man test, objective (Co failed to fix hydrant causing leak in house)
Mullin v Richards
Exception: Children (15 year olds fighting with plastic ruler)
Bollom v Friern
Exception: Professionals (Doctor did not giver mentally ill patient drugs)
Nettleship v Weston
Learners are treated the same as the reasonably competent defendant
Paris v Stepney BC
Special Characteristics Known to the D (Employer didn’t provide safety goggles)
Latimer v AEC
Adequate precautions (D did not put warning sign for slippery floor)
Bolton v Stone
Size of risk (C was truck with a cricket ball outside her home)
Watts v Herts CC
Benefits if taking risk must be justified
Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington HMC
But For Test (Woman phoned hospital about stomach pains nurse was told to send her home)
The Wagon Mound
Was general Damage RFC of D’s breach, Objective (Fire damage was not RF only oil damage)
Smith v Leech Brain
Eggshell/ Thin-Skull rule (C’s husband suffered burn which became cancerous, but had previous cancer scares)
Caparo v Dickman
Three-Part Test (C purchased shares with misinformation on them)
