Policy considerations meant that a person who injured themselves, could not be liable in negligence to third parties who suffered psychiatric injury having seen the incident. A fireman came to the rescue, by co-incidence, of his own son. As a rescuer, he was not owed a duty of care, and his relationship as father could not change that. To allow actions by relations in such circumstances would in general tend to encourage undesirable litigation, and encourage family strife.
Citations:
Times 06-Jun-2000, Gazette 15-Jun-2000
Negligence, Personal Injury
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.81001