PPT-Liability in negligence for injury to people and damage to property

Negligence Remoteness of damage Learning Objectives By the end of the session you should be able to Explain the test for remoteness Explain the thin skull rule Remoteness In order to show legal causation it must be shown that the loss or damage sustained by the claimant was not too remote. Managing the Risk. Did You Know?. There are 35 million automobile accidents annually!. Insurance Information Institute . http://www.iii.org/. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States!. Law in Action . – Ch. 14. Tort. = a civil wrong; damage to property or a personal injury caused by another person. Unintentional Torts . = injuries that are the result of an accident or an action that was not intended to cause harm.  .  . Chapter 10. Incompatible Uses. By . "decentralized" . policies we mean policies that essentially allow the . individuals . involved in a case of environmental pollution to work it out . themselves.. Defences for Negligence. The best defence is Negligence did . not. exist, or the defendant didn’t owe the plaintiff a duty of care.. Duty of Care. – a specific legal obligation to not harm other people or their property; a principle of tort law.. Under the law of negligence there are several special types of liability. In these groups are subject to different rules:. Manufacturers. Property owners. People who serve alcohol. Car and pet owners. Negligence. conduct . falling below what would be expected of a reasonable person in the same circumstances. a . reasonable person is one who is accepted by society. 4 Elements of . Negligence. Plaintiff . A quick tour through clinical negligence from . the Claimant perspective. Robert . Dransfield. Partner. , Stewarts Law LLP. Why am I here?. So who am I ?. What do I do ?. Why do I do it ?. Who pays ?. Liability. Insurance. 1. Workshop . Programme. Session 1. Introductions . -Of me . - To each other. - To liability insurance. slide . Insurer. Insured. Suffers. Loss. + $. If policy. liable/covers loss. Meiners, Ringleb & Edwards. The Legal Environment of Business, . 12. th. Edition. Torts and the Legal System. Definition. The word . tort . derived from Latin . tortus. or “twisted”. Means “wrong” in French. Chapter 6. 1. © 2002 West/Thomson Learning. Bailments & Common Carriers. Bailment: legal concept where owner of property transfers possession to bailee, but retains ownership. Shipper is bailor. Business Law Chapter 6: Personal Injury Laws Your neighbor Shana is using a multipurpose woodcutting machine in her basement hobby shop. Suddenly, because of a defect in the two-year old machine, a metal clamp from the machine breaks. The metal strikes Shana’s left eye, badly injuring it. The manufacturer had provided a one-year warranty against defects on the machine. Assistant professor . TUNJICA PETRAŠEVIĆ. , PhD. Jean Monnet professor. Faculty of Law, J.J. Strossmayer University of . Osijek. tpetrase@pravos.hr. obligation to cover the damage caused to member states and individuals, on behalf of the institution that caused it . CHAPTER 9GENERALCONCEPTSIntroductory NoteA NEGLIGENCE AND DUTY OF CARE91Elements of Liability No Negligence of the Plaintiff92Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Elements of Liability93Negligen – the Pitfalls?. Dr Martin Connor. Consultant Microbiologist. Some basic law!. Medical Negligence in . Scotland. Scotland currently operates a fault-based compensation scheme . Compensation can either be awarded by the court, or be paid to the pursuer in the form of an out of court settlement following a claim against an NHS .