Law Of Torts - Study Mode
[#486] Private nuisance is an injury to the right of a persons in respect of which one of the following?
Correct Answer
(C) Enjoyment of property
[#487] "You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omission which, you can reasonably foresee, would be likely to injure your neighbour." The above statement was said by . . . . . . . in the case . . . . . . .
Correct Answer
(D) Lord Atkin, Donogue v. Stevenson
[#488] What is a quasi-tort
Correct Answer
(C) A tort for which one who did not directly commit it can nonetheless be found liable
[#489] In a well-known English case Rylands v. Fletcher, (1808) LR 3 HL 330, the principle of strict liability was propounded. The principle was developed into principle of absolute liability in a case by the Supreme Court. Name the case
Correct Answer
(A) M. C. Mehta v. Union of India, AIR 1987 SC 1099, (Oleum Gas Leak case)
[#490] Principle: Tortfeaser must take his victim as he finds him. Facts: 'A', though directly involved in a motor accident, remained physically unhurt but suffered Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a psychiatric illness with which he had earlier suffered but which was then in remission. He claimed damages from the driver of the motor car. Will he succeed?
Correct Answer
(C) Yes, though this illness was not foreseeable but some physical harm was foreseeable