Problem Category: Rescuers Flashcards
1
Q
Haynes v Harwood
A
- D left horse unattended in busy street.
- Horse bolted and policeman injured in bringing horse to a halt which he did to stop anyone else being injured.
- Able to recover damages as necessity of his act was foreseeable result of D’s negligence. D created danger.
2
Q
Cutler v United Dairies Ltd
A
- C injured trying to recapture horse which bolted and come to rest in field.
- No risk to person/property meant he was not acting in emergency.
- Not a rescuer and not owed DOC.
3
Q
Baker v T.E. Hopkins & Sons Ltd
A
- Doctor tried to save workmen trapped down mine.
- Knowingly descended into well containing poisonous fumes.
- Died from fumes.
- Owed a DOC - reasonably foreseeable someone would seek to rescue workers in danger.
