Law Of Torts - Study Mode
[#686] In public nuisance, a private right of action lies:
Correct Answer
(C) When the injury is particular, direct and substantial
[#687] Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the given below the lists: List I (Decided Cases) List II (Principle Stated) a. Rylands v. Fletcher 1. Compensation for pain and suffering b. Donoghue Stevenson 2. Loss caused by competition in business c. Gloucester Grammer School Case 3. Strict liability d. Rose v. Ford 4. Liability of minor or torts 5. Liability for negligence
Correct Answer
(C) a-3, b-5, c-2, d-1
[#688] The defendants, employees of the Municipal Corporation opened a main hole in the street and in the evening left the mainhole open and covered it by a canvas shelter, unattended and surrounded by warning lamps. The plaintiff, an eight year old boy, took one of the lamps into the shelter and was playing with it there,when he stumbled over it and it fell into the mainhole. A violent explosion followed and the plaintiff sustained bum injuries. The defendants are:
Correct Answer
(D) Liable because injury resulted from a known source of danger even though through an unforeseeable sequence of events
[#689] Two dogs belonging to two different owners acting in concert attacked a flock of sheep and injured several sheep. In an action for damages brought against the owners of the dogs, if one of them put in defence claiming that he was liable for one-half only of the damage, then which one of the following statements is legally sustainable in the above case?
Correct Answer
(A) Each owner of the dog was liable for the whole of the damage
[#690] As a result of a collision between two buses a passenger in one of the buses died. The accident occurred due to negligence of the drivers of both the buses. In a suit by the legal representative of the deceased against owners of both the buses, which one of the following statements is legally sustainable?
Correct Answer
(A) Each owner of the buses is liable for the whole damage