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Health Professions - From: 1900 To: 1929
This page lists 3 cases, and was prepared on 27 May 2018.
Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital; 1913 - (1914) 105 NE 92; (1914) 211 NY 125; (1914) 52 LRANS 505
Everett v Griffiths [1920] 3 KB 163; 89 LJKB 929; 123 LT 280; 84 JP 161
1920
CA
Bankes LJ and Atkin LJ
Professional Negligence, Health Professions
The plaintiff, who had been detained as a lunatic as the result of the decision of Griffiths, a Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Board of Guardians in reliance on a medical certificate signed by Anklesaria, a Doctor, sued them both in negligence. Held: A workhouse doctor owed a duty of care to a person whom he certified to be insane.
1 Citers
Everett v Griffiths; HL 1921 - [1921] 1 AC 631; 90 LJKB 737; 125 LT 230; 85 JP 140