BSEN 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Res Ipsa Loquitur, Strict Liability

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Business and Environment
• Course: BSEN 395
• Professor: Rob Malach

Document Summary

Strict liability: we find it in environment law initial case rylands v fletcher if you gather anything on your land & it escapes you are strictly liable etc. Did the defendant fall below the expected standard of care: causation was the failure breach of standard of care the actual cause of the injury (proximate cause) (cid:862)but for (cid:373)a(cid:374)ufa(cid:272)turer"s lia(cid:271)ility(cid:863) Donoghve v steven son: manufactures owe a duty to the ultimate consumers of their products to keep them safe from harm.