Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Ginger Beer, Walmart, Contributory Negligence
13 Mar 2014
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History: negligence is perhaps most important of all torts, especially in the last 100 years with the arrival of businesses, creation of more high tech dangerous machinery. Many us judges are elected and do not want to interfere with jury awards. In the states everyone pays for their own legal bills, even if you lose o. Went to the house of lords who said no you can sue anyone: snail in a bottle of ginger beer. You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions, which you can reasonably foresee, would be likely to injure your neighbour. The answer seems to be persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that. I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when i am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question. Duty of care: anns/kamloops test, step 1)
