Law Of Torts - Study Mode
[#181] Where does vicarious liability generally arise from?
Correct Answer
(A) A contract of service
[#182] When someone, such as a contractor, who is laying down a severage line or an individual who is constructing his house, digs a tench on a public way, it is public nuisance causing interference in the use of the public way. X, a social worker, files a petition for the removal of the nuisance by getting the trench filled in and claims a compensation of rupees one lakh.
Correct Answer
(C) X will not succeed as it is a public nuisance and only Advocate General can sue
[#183] Which one of the following principles has been paid down as the basis of liability in Rylands v. Flecther case?
Correct Answer
(B) Strict liability
[#184] In which case, fundamental test for determining duty to take care was laid down?
Correct Answer
(B) Donoghue v. Stevenson
[#185] Owing to the negligence of the defendant railway company, the plaintiff and his family were made to get down at the wrong railway station. No accommodation was provided. As a result, the plaintiff's wife caught cold. The plaintiff claimed damages for consequential loss on account of medical expenses incurred for her treatment and her loss due to pay-cut in office. The claim for damages will not succeed on ground of:
Correct Answer
(B) Remoteness of damage