LAWG 101D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Health Canada, Childrens Hospital, Asthma
23 Jan 2018
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Vincent v. lake erie transportation co: not at fault - but found liable, they saved the vessel at the expense of the dock and therefore should compensate the dock owner. Keating: enterprise liability: when you own a business, you reap the profits. But as such, you have to bear the losses. If your company goes under, its not unfair, because you assumed the risk. Class exercise: modifying fault: a mcgill employee, wearing a mcgill jacket, pushes his leaf-blowing machine into the passenger door of a professor"s parked car while watching a sports car zoom down peel street. The employer is reaping the benefits of the business, so they are responsible for any of the potential damages associated with the carrying out of their business. Why and how might we argue that the hospital is responsible for the injury (assume its hiring and supervision protocols are found reasonable): art. Why and how might we argue that the parents are responsible: art.
