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Ogwo v Taylor: CA 1987

The plaintiff fireman was injured attending a fire. He sought damages from the owner whose negligence had caused it. The court at first instance (Nash J) found the land owner negligent but not liable to the plaintiff on the ground that the injuries he sustained were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s negligence.
Held: The paintiff’s appeal succeeded.

Judges:

Dillon, Stephen Brown, Neill LJJ

Citations:

[1987] 2 WLR 988, [1987] 1 All ER 668, (1987) 84 LSG 1882

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Appeal fromOgwo v Taylor HL 19-Nov-1987
A firefighter sought damages for personal injuries from the party negligent in starting a fire, suffered while attending it.
Held: A property owner owes a duty of care to firemen, not, by his negligence, to start a fire, or to create special . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Negligence

Updated: 03 September 2022; Ref: scu.546908

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