Law Of Torts - Study Mode

[#291] A master is liable for the wrongs of his servant if the servant:
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(B) Is temporarily lent to another

[#292] Which of the following judges propounded the principle of absolute liability in M. C. Mehta v. Union of India (AIR 1987 SC 1086)
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(D) Justice P. N. Bhagwati

[#293] While driving to office one day, A suddenly faints and crashes her car into B causing him to suffer a broken arm. A was under a prescribed medication to control fainting but on the day of crash she had forgot to take the prescribed medicine. In an action for negligence by B against A, A would be-
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(D) Liable as her fainting was expected and she should not have forgotten to take the medicine

[#294] The pigeon hole theory was propounded by
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(A) Salmond

[#295] If the defendant has not been able to properly control the animal which he knew or ought to have known to be having a tendency to do harm, he is liable. This forms part of . . . . .
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(B) The Scienter rule