Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Hockey Puck, Ginger Beer, National Coal Board
5 Feb 2013
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The word foreseeable alone can"t be the complete answer. Even the most remote possibility of an injury would attract liability if a duty of care arose just because something was foreseeable. Facts: defendant cricket club, batsman hit a cricket ball, over the 7" high fence, ball hit the , standing 100 yards from the wicket , sued club for his injuries. Held: for the def at trial, for on appeal, appealed to h of l. General motors was subject to legal action for faulty brakes in the 1980"s. One of general motors" defence arguments was that since only about 7 had died and over 2 million units had been sold, then this was an acceptable risk. Perhaps the next case will help us answer this question as well. As we will discover in further cases, there is a more precise test to assess a. Standard of care and whether that standard has been breached.
