Contributory negligence is an expression which implies that person, who has suffered damage, is also guilty of some negligence and has contributed towards the damage. It is negligence...
The applicability of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in air accidents spends on the facts and circumstances in the particular air accident under consideration by the Court....
The maxim res ipsa loquitur applies to cases where the peculiar circumstances constituting the event or accident proclaim that the negligence of somebody is the cause of the...
‘Res ipsa loquitur’ is a latin maxim which means ‘the thing speaks for itself’. This maxim has not met with universal approval. It is not a principle of...
The standard of care is the degree of care, skill or diligence which a reasonable and prudent man is required to use in particular situation in order to...
In order to prove negligence, the plaintiff has to show that there was a breach of duty, which means failure to observe expected standard of care. The standard...
The existence of a duty to take care is essential before a person can be held liable in negligence. It means legal duty rather than mere moral, religious...
When a patient is admitted in a hospital for treatment, it becomes the duty of the hospital authorities to treat him with reasonable care. If the nurses and...
Every person who enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill. A surgeon does not undertake...
A reasonable man is generally a cool and collected person and remembers to take precaution for his or her own safety in an emergency. The standard of foresight...
